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Knut Hamsun

1859 - 1952

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Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) 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. He published more than 23 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays. Hamsun is considered to be "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years" (ca. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Knut Hamsun is the 107th most popular writer (down from 86th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Norway (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Writer.

Knut Hamsun is most famous for his novel Hunger, which tells the story of a starving writer in 19th century Christiania.

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Among writers, Knut Hamsun ranks 107 out of 7,302. Before him are Guy de Maupassant, Alexandre Dumas fils, Miyamoto Musashi, Arthur Rimbaud, François Rabelais, and Jack London. After him are W. Somerset Maugham, Stephen King, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Marquis de Sade, José Saramago, and Václav Havel.

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Among people born in 1859, Knut Hamsun ranks 6. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Pierre Curie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henri Bergson, and L. L. Zamenhof. After him are Edmund Husserl, Svante Arrhenius, John Dewey, Georges Seurat, Alfred Dreyfus, and Yuan Shikai. Among people deceased in 1952, Knut Hamsun ranks 3. Before him are George VI, and Maria Montessori. After him are Eva Perón, John Dewey, Alexandra Kollontai, Chaim Weizmann, Wilm Hosenfeld, Paul Éluard, Karen Horney, Benedetto Croce, and Sven Hedin.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Knut Hamsun ranks 10 out of 1,039. Before him are Harald Hardrada (1015), Henrik Ibsen (1828), Ragnar Lodbrok (850), Rollo (846), Edvard Grieg (1843), and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945). After him are Olaf II of Norway (993), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), Magnus the Good (1024), Erik the Red (950), and Niels Henrik Abel (1802).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Knut Hamsun ranks 2. Before him are Henrik Ibsen (1828). After him are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Ivar Aasen (1813), Jo Nesbø (1960), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Jon Fosse (1959), Jonas Lie (1833), Alexander Kielland (1849), Nordahl Grieg (1902), and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812).

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