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['ɔstənsəʊ], Martha, amerikanische Schriftstellerin norwegischer Herkunft, * Haukeland (bei Bergen) 17. 9. 1900, ✝ Seattle (Washington) 25. 11. 1963; schildert in ihren realistischen Romanen das Leben skandinavischer Einwanderer in den USA und Kanada.
 
Werke: Wild geese (1925; deutsch Der Ruf der Wildgänse); The dark dawn (1926; deutsch Erwachen im Dunkel); The young May moon (1929; deutsch Der junge Maimond); The white reef (1934; deutsch Das weiße Riff); O river, remember! (1943; deutsch Schicksale am Fluß).

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