9 3 4 , ▁she ▁published ▁Ele ven ▁Years ▁Old , ▁an ▁aut obi ographical ▁work . ▁With ▁a ▁minimum ▁of ▁cam ou fl age , ▁it ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁her ▁own ▁child hood ▁in ▁Krist ian ia , ▁of ▁her ▁home , ▁rich ▁in ▁intellectual ▁values ▁and ▁love , ▁and ▁of ▁her ▁sick ▁father . ▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁she ▁comm enced ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁new ▁historical ▁novel ▁set ▁in ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁Sc and in avia . ▁Only ▁the ▁first ▁volume , ▁Madame ▁Dort he a , ▁was ▁published , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁The ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁broke ▁out ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁and ▁proceeded ▁to ▁break ▁her , ▁both ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁woman . ▁She ▁never ▁completed ▁her ▁new ▁novel . ▁When ▁Joseph ▁St alin ' s ▁invasion ▁of ▁Finland ▁touched ▁off ▁the ▁Winter ▁War , ▁Und set ▁supported ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁war ▁effort ▁by ▁don ating ▁her ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁ ▁Ex ile ▁When ▁Germany ▁inv aded ▁Norway ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁Und set ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁fle e . ▁She ▁had ▁strongly ▁critic ised ▁Hitler ▁since ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁and , ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁date , ▁her ▁books ▁were ▁b anned ▁in ▁Naz i ▁Germany . ▁She ▁had ▁no ▁wish ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁target ▁of ▁the ▁Gest ap o ▁and