Knut Hamsun - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1920
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Knut Hamsun

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1920
for his monumental work, <I>Growth of the Soil</I>
Citizenship
Norway Norway
Languages
Danish, Norwegian
date of birth
8/4/1859
place of birth
Lom Municipality, Vågå
date of death
2/19/1952
place of death
Grimstad
Lived
92 years
occupation
  • poet
  • writer
  • novelist
  • writer
  • playwright
  • critic
notable work
  • Hunger
  • Growth of the Soil
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