Martha Ostenso (17 September 1900 – 24 November 1963) was a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Ostenso was born in Haukeland (now part of Bergen), in Hordaland County, Norway. Her parents were Sigurd and Olina (née Tungeland) Ostenso. She emigrated with her family, first settling in the province of Manitoba, Canada, before moving to South Dakota and Minnesota. Ostenso taught in a rural school and attended the University of Manitoba for approximately one year; she never graduated. While studying at the University of Manitoba, she was a student of Douglas Durkin, a professor in the English Department (Ostenso may have actually met him while she was a high school student). Shortly thereafter Durkin left his wife and children and moved to New York City; Ostenso joined him there. They lived together in New York, where she studied at Columbia and worked as a social worker; they were active in the literary circles of the time. They later moved to Minnesota. After Durkin's wife died, he and Ostenso married in 1945. They had no children together. ! Uwagi: Oprawa lekko wytarta, wyblakła, zabrudzona i zaplamiona. Pożółkłe strony. Delikatnie zakurzone i poplamione brzegi stron. Druk zachowany w dobrym stanie.Blok niespójny.