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Died. Ole Edvart Rolvaag, 55, retired head of the department of Norwegian Language & Literature at St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.), author of Giants in the Earth, Peder Victorious, Their Fathers' God, best-selling novels of pioneer Norwegian life in the WTest, written in Norwegian and translated into English; of heart disease; in Northfield...
When calm Norwegian reporters cornered calm Premier Peder Ludvig Kolstad he put the Arctic crisis back on ice thus...
...PEDER VICTORIOUS-O. E. Rolvaag-Harper...
With the present volume, a sequel, the author shows himself less novelist than professor intent upon the interesting phenomenon of the second generation. He contrasts Beret, reluctant Norwegian immigrant of the earlier volume, with Beret's son Peder, who is impatient with the language, religion and customs of his mother's country. Peder insists upon lessons in English, Bible in English, chatter in English with the Irish neighbors a mile or so. down the road. Then suddenly, fearfully, Beret knows Peder loves the Irish neighbor's daughter. Beret's fury is terrific her sudden capitulation beautiful...
Knut Hamsun, as everyone knows, won the Nobel Prize for 1920 with his novel The Growth of the Soil. Peder Johannesen, farmer of Krakmo, Norway, never won any prizes. He was simply an ingenious and diligent hayseed who installed turbines and other complex apparatus by himself, who inspired a great novelist with the dignity of certain agricultural artisans. Novelist Hamsun derived Isak, the hero of his prize novel, from Peder. Peder died last week...