"Siri Hustvedt is an award-winning and versatile American
writer and essayist. She earned her PhD in Literature at
Columbia University in 1986. She often points to her
Norwegian family background in her works, and she is
known as one of the foremost interpreters of Norwegian-
American identity in English literature."
— University of Oslo,
"Siri Hustvedt: Honorary doctor 2014"
See also Hustvedt in this journal.