Hamsun

[ hahm-soon ]

/ ˈhɑm sʊn /

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noun

Knut

[knoot], /knut/, 1859–1952, Norwegian novelist: Nobel Prize 1920.

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How to use Hamsun in a sentence

You had mentioned Knut Hamsun, who is another great writer who disgraced himself, and who I felt obliged to review repeatedly.
My Conversation with John Updike|Barbara Probst Solomon|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In telling of his childhood, Hamsun says that the animals and birds became his friends.
Knut Hamsun|Hanna Astrup Larsen
Few have explored the abysses of suffering through which Hamsun leads his hero.
Knut Hamsun|Hanna Astrup Larsen
The Hamsun hero in his relation to nature appears in "Pan" .
Knut Hamsun|Hanna Astrup Larsen

Fru Hamsun and the children receive the stranger and welcome him to their home.
Knut Hamsun|Hanna Astrup Larsen
The superiority of youth over age has been a cardinal doctrine with Hamsun.
Knut Hamsun|Hanna Astrup Larsen

British Dictionary definitions for Hamsun

Hamsun

/ (Norwegian ˈhamsun) /

noun

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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