Tarjei Vesaas

Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. 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.

20 August 1897

Born on the same birth day (20 August): Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle • Aílton (footballer, born August 1984) • Bernard Tancred • Bernardo O'Higgins • Chaney Kley • Eliel Saarinen • Els Callens • George J. Mitchell • Ivo Rojnica • Jamie Hoffmann • Jimmy Ormond • José Paniagua • Macauley Chrisantus • Rudolf Bultmann • Scott Quinnell • Walter Bernstein

Born in the same month (August 1897): Fred Rose (songwriter) • Fredric March • Henry F. Pringle • Jack Haley • John W. Galbreath • Louise Bogan • Maurice Fernandes • Roberta Dodd Crawford • Yun Po-sun