“He was a warrior, a warrior for mankind, and a prophet of the gospel of justice for all nations.”
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Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 23 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.
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culture · Norwegian novelist (1859–1952) · writer · poet · novelist · playwright · critic · also Knut Hamsun, Knut Pedersen Hamsun, Hamsun
Born 4 August 1859 · Died 19 February 1952 · Q40826
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: With Mysteries, Knut Hamsun rewrote the novel's rules
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2009· 3 entries
The Guardian: Knut Hamsun commemorated on Norwegian coin
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To mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, a new 27-volume edition of his complete works was published, including short stories, poetry, plays, and articles not included in the 1954 edition
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A Norwegian biographer stated, "We can't help loving him, though we have hated him all these years
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2002· 1 entry
The Guardian: Geoffrey Macnab on Norwegian novelist, Knut Hamsun
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1996· 1 entry
Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell based the movie Hamsun on Hansen's book
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1952· 1 entry
Died 1952-02-19.
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1949· 1 entry
A book many take as evidence of his functioning mental capabilities
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1948· 1 entry
Had to pay the ruinous sum of 325,000 kroner ($65,000 or £16,250 at that time) to the Norwegian government for his alleged membership in Nasjonal Samling and for the moral support he gave to the Germans, but was clear
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1943· 1 entry
Sent Germany's minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels his Nobel Prize medal as a gift
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1940· 2 entries
“the Germans are fighting for us”
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Hamsun wrote that "the Germans are fighting for us"
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1920· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for his monumental work, <I>Growth of the Soil</I>.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1920).
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1918· 1 entry
Bought Nørholm, an old, somewhat dilapidated manor house in Landvik Municipality, between Lillesand and Grimstad
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1909· 1 entry
And she was his companion until the end of his life
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1898· 1 entry
Hamsun married Bergljot Bech (later Göpfert), who bore daughter Victoria, but the marriage ended in 1906
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1889· 1 entry
His impressions under the title Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv ("From the Spiritual Life of Modern America")
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1859· 1 entry
Born 1859-08-04.
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