Ragnhild Magerøy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian writer
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Place of Birth: Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
About Ragnhild Magerøy
- Ragnhild Magerøy (9 July 1920 – 16 November 2010) was a Norwegian novelist, essayist and poet.
- She is principally known as a historical novelist.Magerøy was born at Fræna in Møre og Romsdal as the youngest of six siblings.
- In 1958 she moved with her family to Oslo where she was given the opportunity to study historical material at the University of Oslo Library.
- She became focused in historic but often forgotten female figures.
- Her female characters are often high-spirited and center to the plot.She made her literary début in 1957 with the novel Gunhild, the first volume of a novel trilogy about the lives of women in a small rural village in the 19th century.
- Her subsequent novels were often placed within the Norwegian Medieval Period. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1975.
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