Hamsun

[ hahm-soon ]

noun

1. Knut [knoot], 1859–1952, Norwegian novelist: Nobel Prize 1920.

Hamsun

/ ˈhamsun /

noun

1. HamsunKnut18591952MNorwegianWRITING: novelist Knut, (knuːt), pen name of Knut Pedersen. 1859–1952, Norwegian novelist, whose works include The Growth of the Soil (1917): Nobel prize for literature 1920

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You had mentioned Knut Hamsun, who is another great writer who disgraced himself, and who I felt obliged to review repeatedly.

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In telling of his childhood, Hamsun says that the animals and birds became his friends.

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Few have explored the abysses of suffering through which Hamsun leads his hero.

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The Hamsun hero in his relation to nature appears in "Pan" .

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Fru Hamsun and the children receive the stranger and welcome him to their home.

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The superiority of youth over age has been a cardinal doctrine with Hamsun.

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