Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)

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1. Knut Hamsun

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2. Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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3. Thomas Mann

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4. Franz Kafka

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5. Jens Bjørneboe

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6. André Gide

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7. Günter Grass

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8. Joris-Karl Huysmans

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9. John Fante

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10. Halldor Laxness

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11. Dag Solstad

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12. Heinrich Böll

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13. Italo Svevo

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14. Gustave Flaubert

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15. Samuel Beckett

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16. Tarjei Vesaas

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17. Malcolm Lowry

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18. Alfred Döblin

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19. Jean-Paul Sartre

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20. Elias Canetti

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