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Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

Along with Ibsen, the best-known figures of Norwegian Literature. Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.

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Biographical sites about Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun

http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990484/index-dok000-b-n-a.html

Biographical article about Hamsun's life, a " life in the service of words", focusing on his influence on 20th-century literature in Europe and America

Contains: Extensive Bio

Author: Lars Frode Larsen

From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

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Knut Hamsun and Nazism

http://www.uib.no/elin/elpub/uibmag/grafikk/eng-96/hamsun.htm

Biographical article about Hamsun's role during the Nazi occupation of Norway in World War II

Contains: Extensive Bio, Sketch

From: Universitetet i Bergen

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Other sites about Knut Hamsun

Jens Bjorneboe: Knut Hamsun's Centennial

http://home.att.net/~emurer/texts/digter.htm

Jens Bjorneboe, in a 1958 essay, reflects on Hamsun's forthcoming centennial and on Norway's habitual treatment of its giants.

Contains: Commentary

Author: Jens Bj¿rneboe, translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer

From: Jyllandsposten 3 December 1958

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