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 consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. Wikipedia
Born: August 4, 1859, Lom Municipality, Norway
Died: February 19, 1952 (age 92 years), Nørholmen, Norway
Influenced by: Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and more
Children: Ellinor Hamsun, Tore Hamsun, Victoria Hamsun Charlesson, and more
Grandchildren: Regine Hamsun and Victoria Hamsun
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