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): Aaron Hamill • Aaron Taylor (baseball) • Alberto Martín • Andrei Konchalovsky • André Morell • Barney Rogers • Bernardo O'Higgins • Connie Chung • DeForest Soaries • Eliel Saarinen • Fabien Jarsalé • Leroy Burgess • Macauley Chrisantus • Marcel Podszus • Nenad Bjelica • Peter Horton • Prince Gabriel of Belgium • Rajiv Gandhi • Ron Paul • Scott Quinnell • Stefan Aigner • Vidrik Rootare • William H. Gray III

Born in the same month (August 1897): Bill Woodfull • Jack Haley • John W. Galbreath • Karl-Otto Koch • Louise Bogan • Max Weber (Swiss politician) • Roberta Dodd Crawford • Yun Po-sun