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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.
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.
In 1945 at the age of 86, the Nobel laureate novelist Knut Hamsun wrote an obituary of Adolf Hitler in the newspaper Aftenposten. Hamsun's eulogy to Hitler served as the collaborationist newspaper's feature article on Hitler's death. [1] The obituary came to be his most infamous written piece.
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...
Jan 27, 2023 · Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. His literary prowess would earn him a Nobel Prize in 1920, but his political leanings would leave his reputation tarnished forever. Learn about the man, his works and his unfortunate admiration of nazi Germany as we attempt to piece together the life of this complex character.
Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize for his book Markens Grøde (Growth of the Soil), considered an epic paean to work and the relationship between humanity and nature.
Growth of the Soil ( Norwegian Markens Grøde) is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. It follows the story of a man who settles and lives in rural Norway.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920 was awarded to Knut Pedersen Hamsun "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil "
Mar 20, 2023 · Knut Hamsun. Love became the world 's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood. Knut Hamsun ( August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author and Nobel laureate.
