Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun 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... Wikipedia

• Born:  Knud Pedersen, August 4, 1859, Lom, Gudbrandsdalen, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, (present-day Lom, Norway)
• Age at death:  92 years
• Died:  February 19, 1952, Nørholm, Grimstad, Norway
• Occupation:  Writer, poet, social critic
• Language:  Norwegian
• Period:  1877–1949
• Genre:  Novel, short story, play, poetry, travelogue, non-fiction
• Literary movement:  Neo-romanticism, Neo-realism, Modernism
• Notable awards:  Nobel Prize in Literature (1920)
• Spouses:  Bergljot Göpfert (née Bech) (1898-1906), Marie Hamsun (1909-1952)
• Children:  5
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo