![]() ![]() That’s just serendipity though it wasn’t planned that way.īut to answer the question, “Why is Sigrid Undset important?”: she’s one of the greatest twentieth-century novelists, period, and she just happened to become a Catholic when her career was taking off. Vivian Dudro: The simple answer to why it was written is because the author wanted to write it! Aidan Nichols is a Dominican, scholar, and big fan of Sigrid Undset, and he just felt a desire to write it.Īs far as the timing goes, one of Undset’s big historical novels– The Master of Hestviken–is being re-translated, so maybe people will be introduced to her work through that and then want to find out more about her. Sigrid Undset: Reader of Hearts, a new biography and study of Undset by Aidan Nichols, O.P, published by Ignatius Press, sheds light on the remarkable breadth of Undset’s thought.ĬWR spoke with Vivian Dudro, Senior Editor at Ignatius Press, to discuss the new book and Undset’s significance as a Catholic convert, novelist, polemicist, and underappreciated intellectual of modern times.ĬWR: Why was this book written? Why should someone read this book, and why now? But she wrote much more than that epic work of historical fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) is most famous for her award-winning Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. ![]()
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