Knut Pedersen Hamsun

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920

Norwegian writer. In youth, poverty stricken. Little formal education. Leader of Neo-Romantic revolt. Promoted individualism. Exciting description of nature.

"I sat looking at her with rapt attention. What a wonderful pleasure to be sitting in a human dwelling again, and talk with a lively young girl instead of with myself!"

External Resources

Mostly Text

Hamsun Centre. Please scroll down to virtual tour.

Knut Hamsun Online. Please click on individual links.

National Library of Norway. Norwegian.

Videos

Knut Hamsun i 1944 by harrunostasj. Interesting even for non-Norwegian speakers. 2:18

Knut Hamsun videos. Possibly more than one person with same name.

Photo: Anders Beer Wilse 1865-1949 Painting Tim Tompkins - PaintHistory.com

Name: Knut Pedersen Hamsun
Birth: 4 August 1859, Lom, Norway
Death: 19 February 1952, Grimstad, Norway
Residence at the time of the award: Norway
Prize motivation: "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil"
Field: prose
Language: Norwegian
Biography
Books
Images
Quotations
Bearing Hamsun's name. Hamsun Centre. Please scroll down to virtual tour.
External Resources/Videos

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