Background
Ostenso, Martha was born on September 17, 1900 in Bergen, Norway. Daughter of Sigurd Brigt and Lena (Tungeland) Ostenso.
Ostenso, Martha was born on September 17, 1900 in Bergen, Norway. Daughter of Sigurd Brigt and Lena (Tungeland) Ostenso.
Came to the United States in infancy. Educational public schools, Brandon (Canada) Collegiate School, U. Manitoba, 1918. Course in technique of novel Columbia 1921-1922.
Began writing, 1920. Author: A Far Land (verse), 1924. Wild Geese (novel), 1925. The Dark Dawn, 1926; The Mad Carews, 1927.
The Young May Moon, 1929. Waters Under the Earth, 1930. Prologue to Love, 1931.
There’s Always Another Year, 1933. White Reef, 1934; The Stone Field, 1937. The Mandrake Root, 1938.
Love Passed This Way, 1942. O River, Remember!, 1943. And They Shall Walk (biography.
In collaboration with Sister Elizabeth Kenney), 1943. Milk Route, 1947; The Sunset Tree, 1949. A Man had Tall Sons, 1958.
Married Douglas Durkin.