Biography

Marie Andersen, born 1881, growed up together with 9 siblings at Elverum / Norway. She worked as a teacher and actress, married 1909 with the 32 years older poet and later Nobel price winner Knut Hamsun (real name: Knud Pedersen) and had 4 children with him. She began to write in the twenties and had particulary in Germany success until today with the Langerud-children book serial. The first two volumes were also published 1933 and 1934 in the USA in english language.
- IMDb mini biography by: Martin Stöcker