Halldis Moren Vesaas

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Halldis Moren Vesaas (born November 18, 1907 in Trysil, died September 8, 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books, writing in nynorsk.

She won great acclaim in Norway for her brave and personal expressions of women's life in its several stages: youth, marriage, motherhood, widowhood and second love in old age.

Her father was writer Sven Moren, and she was married to writer Tarjei Vesaas.