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Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish poet and novelist
Karl Adolph Gjellerup was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian literature. He occasionally... Wikipedia
Born: June 2, 1857, Roholte, Denmark
Died: October 11, 1919 (age 62 years), Klotzsche, Dresden, Germany
Nationality: Danish
Spouse: Eugenia Gjellerup (m. 1887)