Interview with authors, list of recommended short stories. He won the nobel prize in literature in 1920 for growth of the soil. Pan is one of knut pedersens most famous works, written and published in norway in 1894. Extracts from the work had previously been published anonymously in the danish magazine ny jord in 1888. It is set in the remote woods near the norwegian coastal town. Knut hamsun, winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1920, is the most prominent literary figure in norway since ibsen. Humanly speaking, it is one of the greatest merits of hamsun s works that he shows otherwise.
Knut hamsun was born as knud pedersen in the gudbrandsdalen district. Knut hamsun biography childhood, life achievements. Considered by some as the father of modern literature, his works spanned over 70 years in a myriad of subjects, environments, and perspectives. Virtually without formal education, in his youth he led a wandering life, and on his second visit to the united states 188688 worked as a streetcar conductor, lecturer, peddler, clerk, and harvest hand. Interview with authors, list of recommended short stories, and conversations about the form of the short story. Hamsun s work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to the subject, perspective and environment. In addition to this, he has written a number of poems and plays. The author of more than twenty novels, plus poems, short stories, plays, and essays, hamsun was one of the twentieth centurys most influential writers. During his career, he published 20 novels, short stories, essays, a travelogue, and a collection of poems.
Knut hamsun august 4, 1859 february 19, 1952 was a norwegian writer who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1920. Knut hamsun was born knut pedersen in lom, norway on august 4, 1859. Knut hamsuns writing is as magnificent as his politics are repugnant. Knut hamsun august 4, 1859 february 19, 1952 was a major norwegian writer, who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1920. Throughout his writing career, he went on to publish over 20 novels. I was short of money, and this seemed to me a good way to get hold of a little. With mysteries, knut hamsun rewrote the novels rules books the. Employing a style that was both hardedged and surprisingly lyrical, he. Norwegian novelist knut hamsun was born to a poor family and sent to live with an uncle, a commercial fisherman. Night roamers and other stories by knut hamsun librarything.
In his precocious late teens, hamsun had two clumsy stories published in very limited editions, and, on the strength of this, he asked a wealthy norwegian merchant named erasmus b. Most of these stories are translated into english for the first time ans this is the first publication for them outside. Hamsuns work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to the subject, perspective and environment. Knut hamsun 4 august 1859 19 february 1952 was a norwegian author, who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1920. Hamsun wrote plays, poetry, essays, short stories, over twenty novels, and a travelogue. The last game changer in the hamsun files is a short letter of thanks from ibsen to hamsun. List of books and articles about knut hamsun online. Hamsun felt that contemporary fiction was only concerned with the plottable results of psychology, not the strange vacillations that operate at a. The project gutenberg ebook of hunger, by knut hamsun this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
The author of more than 20 novels, plus poems, short stories, plays, and essays, hamsun was one of the 20th centurys most influential writers. Knut hamsun august 4, 1859 february 19, 1952 was a norwegian writer who was awarded. Knut hamsuns hunger, first published in 1890 and hailed as the literary beginning of the 20th century, is a masterpiece of psychologically driven fiction. Twenty stories ranging over every imaginable human emotion and situation, tales of love and loss is a treat for all lovers of great writing. This recording uses the 1996 translation by sverre lyngstad, which is considered to be the definitive version in english. Knut hamsun was a major norwegian writer, who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1920 jump to. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, and some essays over a period of 70 years.
He insisted that the intricacies of the human mind ought to be the main object of modern. This is a selection of twenty stories, taken from hamsuns three published volumes of short stories siesta, brushwood, and striving life. Hamsun, knut article about hamsun, knut by the free. Knut hamsun is currently considered a single author. His experience in the world of literature spans over 70 years. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays. This is a selection of twenty stories, taken from hamsun s three published volumes of short stories siesta, brushwood, and striving life.
In the introduction, the editor comments that the short stories provide a fascinating glimpse. His 20 novels, short stories, plays, essays, a travelogue and a collection of poems have been written in a time span of over 70 years displaying a wide variety of subjects and perspectives. His attitude towards life is throughout one of feeling, yet he makes of life no tragedy, but a beautiful story. The story of a struggling artist living on the edge of starvation, the novel portrays the unnamed firstperson narrators descent into paranoia, despair, and madness as hunger overtakes him. In many of these stories, a significant number of which are written in the first person, a narrator obsessively pursues and persecutes someone or is pursued and persecuted himself. Knut hamsun was a famous writer from norway who was later awarded a nobel prize in 1920 in the field of literature. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, and some essays. Born in 1859 in lom, gudbrandsdalen, norway, knut hamsun believed writers should write about the human mind. The short stories of knut hamsun written between 1884 and 1905 present a disturbing pattern of pursuit and confrontation. When americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of knut hamsun 18591952 as the author of hunger or as the. Knut hamsun published only three collections of short stories during his lifetime and abandoned the form entirely after 1906.
The young hamsun objected to realism and naturalism. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of nonfiction and some essays. Knut hamsun august 4, 1859 february 19, 1952 was a norwegian writer, who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1920. Knut hamsun august 4, 1859 february 19, 1952 was born. Growth of the soil, hunger, shallow soil, pan, mothwise, under the autumn star, the road leads on, a wanderer plays on muted strings. A small book of short stories is a delightful work that beautifully captures the ups. There was one irishman who to begin with puzzled me greatly. In the introduction, the editor comments that the short stories provide a fascinating glimpse of an author shedding one literary skin to reveal another. It has been said that life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. The paperback of the the effects of knut hamsun on a fresno boy. Knut hamsun was a noble prize winning author, poet, dramatist and social critic. Literary birthday 4 august knut hamsun writers write.
He wrote psychological works that included running inner monolog. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychologydriven literature. Hamsuns work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to the subject, perspective and. Also evident in his fiction is the effect of hamsuns travels in the. The project gutenberg ebook of hunger, by knut hamsun.
Books by hamsun, knut sorted by popularity project. Knut hamsun biography, life, interesting facts rundown. Knut hamsun, pseudonym of knut pedersen, born august 4, 1859, lom, norwaydied february 19, 1952, near grimstad, norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, and winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1920. Knut hamsun published only three collections of short stories during his lifetime. From his experimental novels of the 1890s to the broader narrative sweep of his later works from the interwar period, his contribution to the development of the modern european novel was uniquely important. Sult is a novel by the norwegian author knut hamsun published in 1890. Previously unpublished in this country, this short dreamers kindle edition by knut hamsun. Knut hamsun august 4, 1859 february 19, 1952 was a norwegian author, who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1920. Knut hamsun born knud pedersen was a norwegian writer, poet, dramatist, and social critic.
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