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Biography

Name: O. E. Rolvaag
Variant Name: O. E(dvart) Roelvaag, Ole Edvart Roelvaag, Paal Moerck, O(le) E(dvart) Rolvaag, Ole Edvart Rolvaag, O(le) E(dvart) Roelvaag
Birth Date: April 22, 1876
Death Date: November 5, 1931
Nationality: Norwegian, American
Ethnicity: Norwegian
Gender: Male

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Biography of Ole Edvart Rölvaag
457 words, approx. 2 pages
The Norwegian-American writer Ole Edvart Rölvaag (1876-1931) was a powerful, realistic chronicler of the lives of Norwegian immigrants on the farms of the midwestern United States. His work is grimly pessimistic. Ole Edvart Rölvaag was born...
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Biography of O. E. Rolvaag
5,707 words, approx. 19 pages
The Continental European immigrants who came to the United States during the nineteenth century faced problems not shared by their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. Though they came in search of a better life, prosperity and contentment often proved elusive,...
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Biography of O. E. Rolvaag
2,235 words, approx. 8 pages
Ole Edvart Rölvaag is a unique figure in American literature. Although he was born in Norway and wrote in his native language, his seven novels are distinctly American in flavor and theme. His major contribution to fiction is a trilogy-- Giants in...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Rölvaag, O. E. Summary
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Born April 22, 1876 Rølvaag, Norway Died November 5, 1931 Northfield, Minnesota Novelist who focused on the lives of immigrants in Minnesota and South Dakota O. E. Rölvaag....
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Ole Edvart Rølvaag Information
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Ole Edvart Rølvaag (spelled "Rolvaag" in the United States) (April 22 1876 - November 5 1931) was a Norwegian-American writer and professor, well known for his writings on the immigrant experience. Karl F. Rolvaag, the former Governor of Minnesota and...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Emilio de Grazia
5,793 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, de Grazia studies the symbolic influence of the sea as a creative force, and the negative effects of the sea's absence, in the novels of Ole Rölvaag.


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