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Knut Pedersen Hamsun was born in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway on August 4, 1859 and grew up in poverty in Hamarøy. At the age of 17, he became an apprentice to a ropemaker and also began to dabble in writing. This eventually became his full-time career. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including The Intellectual Life of Modern America, Hunger, and Pan. In 1920, his novel Growth of the Soil, a book describing the attraction and honesty of working with the land, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. As a supporter of Hitler and the Nazi Occupation of Norway during World War II, Hamsun was charged with treason for his affiliation with the party after the war ended. His property was seized, he was placed under psychiatric observation, and his last years were spent in poverty. He died on February 19, 1952. A 15-volume compilation of his complete works was published posthumously in 1954. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Hunger… (more)
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Growth of the Soil 1,743 copies, 45 reviews
Mysteries 1,389 copies, 22 reviews
Victoria 837 copies, 15 reviews
Wayfarers (Author) 352 copies, 6 reviews
Dreamers 236 copies, 5 reviews
On Overgrown Paths 233 copies, 3 reviews
The Wanderer 229 copies, 3 reviews
The Women at the Pump 192 copies, 3 reviews
Under the Autumn Star 141 copies, 3 reviews
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Tales of Love & Loss 97 copies, 3 reviews
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Children of the Age 79 copies, 1 review
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Rosa 1 copy
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Great Stories by Nobel Prize Winners (Contributor) 71 copies, 1 review
Min klient Knut Hamsun (Omtalt person) 8 copies
Ghosts and Ghastlies (Contributor) 5 copies
Norway's Best Stories (Contributor) 4 copies
Victoria [2013 film] (Original book) 2 copies, 1 review

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