Knut Hamsun. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. When the Germans occupy Norway on April 9 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain.
Knut Hamsun pseudonym of Knut Pedersen born August 4 1859 Lom Norwaydied February 19 1952 near Grimstad Norwegian novelist dramatist poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Born to a poor peasant family in central Norway he worked as a schoolmaster sheriffs assistant laborer store clerk farmhand and streetcar conductor in both Scandinavia and America before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist. Knut Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 for his monumental work Growth of the Soil.
Hungeris a novel by theNorwegianauthorKnut Hamsunpublished in 1890.
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