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Knut Hamsun was a writer whose professional career spanned from 1877 to 1949. He was born on August 4, 1859, and died on February 19, 1952. His body of work includes 16 recognized pieces.
Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is recognized within the Nobel Literature collection. The Hamsun Centre serves as the National Center for the author and Nobel Prize winner.
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Norwegian novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to the subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, and some essays. The young Hamsun objected to realism and naturalism. He argued that the main object of…
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Literature1920
“for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil”
Official website

The Hamsun Centre | The National Center for Author and Nobel Prize Winner Knut Hamsun
Visit The Hamsun Centre in Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun's childhood village – Hamarøy. The center is located in the middle of the landscape that inspired Hamsun to write world-famous books such as Pan, Market Crop and Landstrykere., Visit The Hamsun Centre in Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun's childhood village – Hamarøy. The center is located in the middle of the landscape that inspired Hamsun to write world-famous books such as Pan, Market Crop and Landstrykere.
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- human
- Given name
- Knut
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Gudbrandsdalen
- Place of death
- Grimstad
- Occupation
- writer
- Political party
- Nasjonal Samling
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Notable work
- Growth of the Soil
- Movement
- Neo-romanticism
- Official website
- hamsunsenteret.no/no
- Image
- Portrett av Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) (cropped).jpg
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- Friedrich Nietzsche
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- Knut Hamsun
- date of birth
- 1859-08-04
- date of death
- 1952-02-19
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- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Knut Hamsun
- birth name
- Knut Pedersen Hamsun
- start of work period
- 1877-00-00
- end of work period
- 1949-00-00
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- place of burial
- Nørholm
- writing language
- Norwegian
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Works in European collections
16 objects attributed to کنوت هامسون, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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