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Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) 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.
Knut Hamsun (born August 4, 1859, Lom, Norway—died February 19, 1952, near Grimstad) was a Norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. A leader of the Neoromantic revolt at the turn of the century, he rescued the novel from a tendency toward excessive naturalism.
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Growth of the Soil is a 1921 Norwegian silent film based on Hamsun's Growth of the Soil by the Norrøna Film company with an orchestral accompaniment composed by Leif Halvorsen. It was directed by Gunnar Sommerfeldt who also wrote the script and played the role of Lensmand Geissler.
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Biographical. Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was born in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, and grew up in poverty in Hamarøy in Nordland. From early childhood he was a shoemaker’s apprentice, but was also a road worker, stonemason, junior-level teacher, and so on.
Jan 27, 2023 · Learn about the life and works of Knut Hamsun, a Nobel Prize winning writer who also supported nazi Germany. Discover his controversial novels, such as Hunger, Mysteries and Pan, and his controversial political views.
Feb 28, 2009 · It is the Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun, who welcomed the brutal German occupation of Norway during World War II and gave his Nobel Prize in Literature as a gift to the Nazi propaganda minister...
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Hamsun’s literary characters have gone restlessly astray in their lives – existentially, socially and geographically. The wanderer is a key theme of his works, and is perhaps one of the clearest expressions of Hamsun’s modernity.
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