His authorship covers almost 50 years, from 1923 to 1970. They had two children: a son, Olav Vesaas and a daughter, Guri Vesaas. He married the writer Halldis Moren Vesaas (the daughter of Sven Moren and the sister of Sigmund Moren) and moved to Midtbø in his home district of Vinje in 1934. He spent much of his youth in solitude, seeking comfort and solace in nature. He was guilt-ridden by his refusal to take over the family farm, and this guilt permeates much of his authorship. Vesaas was born in Vinje, Telemark, Norway to Olav Vesaas (1870–1951), a farmer and Signe Øygarden (1870-1953), a teacher. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsmål (see Norwegian language), has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class literature.Midtbø in Vinje, site of the home of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas
His debut was in 1923 with Children of Humans (Menneskebonn), but he had his breakthrough in 1934 with The Great Cycle (Det store spelet). Commonly dealing with themes such as death, guilt, angst, and other deep and intractable human emotions, the Norwegian natural landscape is a prevalent feature in his works. His stories often cover simple rural people that undergo a severe psychological drama and who according to critics are described with immense psychological insight. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsmål (see Norwegian language), has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class litera Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist.
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