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 Knut Hamsun's Profile |
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Actually, in my opinion, a man didn’t have to be insane to be sensitive. There were people who cou |
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| Age: | 101 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Country: |  Norway |
| Zodiac: |  Leo (Jul 23 - Aug 22) |
| Last Login: | Jun 6, 2008 (122 days back) |
About Me |
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Norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Biography (mainly from wikipedia): Knut Hamsun was born on august the 4th 1859 as Knud Pedersen in Lom in Gudbrandsdal. He was the fourth son of Peder Pedersen and Tora Olsdatter. He grew up in poverty in Hamarøy in Nordland. At seventeen, he became an apprentice to a ropemaker, and at about the same time he started to write. He spent several years in America, travelling and working at various jobs, and published his impressions under the title Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv (1889). In 1898, Hamsun married Bergljot Goepfert, but the marriage ended in 1906. Hamsun then married Marie Andersen (born in 1881) in 1909 and she would be his companion until the end of his life. She wrote about their life together in her two memoirs. Marie was a young and promising actress when she met Hamsun, but she ended her career and travelled with him to Hamarøy. They bought a farm, the idea being "to earn their living as farmers, with his writing providing some additional income". However, after a few years, they decided to move south, to Larvik. In 1918, the couple bought Nørholm, an old and somewhat dilapidated manor house between Lillesand and Grimstad. The main residence was restored and redecorated. Here Hamsun could occupy himself writing undisturbed, although he often travelled to write in other cities and places (preferably in spartan housing). Knut Hamsun died on february the 19th 1952 in his home at Nørholm. He was 92 years old. Hamsun first received wide acclaim with his 1890 novel Hunger (Sult). The semi-autobiographical work described a young and egocentric writer's descent into near madness as a result of hunger and poverty in the Norwegian capital of Kristiania (now Oslo). To many, the novel presaged the writings of Franz Kafka and other twentieth-century novelists with its internal monologue and bizarre logic. Other important works by Hamsun include Pan, Mysteries, and The Growth of the Soil (by which he received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920). A fifteen-volume edition of his complete works was published in 1954. Knut Hamsun's influence on european and american litterature in the 20th century cannot be overestimated. In 1929 Thomas Mann claimed that the Nobelprize in litterature never had been awarded to anyone deserving better, and writers like Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Hermann Hesse, Boris Pasternak, Maxim Gorkij, and André Gide have all expressed their Hamsun-admiration. In a preface in an american edition of "Sult" (Hunger) Isac Bashevis Singer stresses that Hamsun "with his subjectivity, his impressionism, his use of the retrospective, his lyrics, are in every aspect the father of modern litterature." Singer means that the whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. Robert Ferguson which has written a biography about Hamsun have shomething of the same starting point. In "The Enigma of Knut Hamsun" (1988) he concludes that "craftsmanlike, he was one of the most influential and ingenious literary stylists in the past century. There is bearly a living writer in europe or america that are not, either consciously or uncosciously, indebted to him." "Det er vanskelig å forstå seg rett på mennesker, hvem som er gal og hvem som er klok. Gud hjelpe oss alle for å bli gjennomskuet." |
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My Interests |
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I'd like to meet:writers, poets, philosophers, musicians, artists and anyone interested in one or more of these things.I'm running this page I will have to say a few words about this page concerning Knut Hamsuns political views. Unfortunately Knut Hamsun did support the nazi movement. In 1943 he met Adolf Hitler and Josef Goebbels and he gave Goebbels his Nobel Prize medal as a token of his esteem. Hamsun published a series of pro-Fascists articles and welcomed the Germans to Norway. He also encourage the people of Norway to surrender. I strongly oppose all form of Fascism/Nazism/Racism and I think this dark side of Hamsun is both regrettable and a shame. I do not run this site in any other purpose than to promote Hamsun as a writer. NOTE: Please do NOT post advertisement or junk comments. They will be DELETED |
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Books:QUOTE "Singer admitted to being “hypnotized” by him; Hesse called him his favorite writer; Hemingway recommended his novels to Scott Fitzgerald; Gide compared him to Dostoyevsky, but believed that Hamsun was “perhaps even more subtle.” The list of those who loved his sly, anarchic voice is long." Jeffrey FrankPublished work: 1877 Den Gaadefulde. En kjærlighedshistorie fra Nordland (Published under Knud Pedersen) 1878 Et Gjensyn (Published under Knud Pedersen Hamsund) 1878 Bjørger (Published under Knud Pedersen Hamsund) 1889 Lars Oftedal. Udkast (11 articles, previously printed in Dagbladet) 1889 Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv - The Spiritual Life of Modern America 1890 Sult - Hunger 1892 Mysterier - Mysteries 1893 Redaktør Lynge 1893 Ny Jord - Shallow Soil 1894 Pan - Pan 1895 Ved Rigets Port - At the Gate of the Kingdom 1896 Livets Spil - The Game of Life 1897 Siesta 1898 Aftenrøde. Slutningspil 1898 Victoria. En kjærlighedshistorie - Victoria 1902 Munken Vendt. Brigantines saga I 1903 I Æventyrland. Oplevet og drømt i Kaukasien - In Wonderland 1903 Dronning Tamara (Play in three acts) 1903 Kratskog 1904 Det vilde Kor (Poems) 1904 Sværmere - Dreamers 1905 Stridende Liv. Skildringer fra Vesten og Østen 1906 Under Høststjærnen. En Vandrers Fortælling - Under the Autumn Star 1908 Benoni 1908 Rosa. Af student Pærelius' Papirer - Rosa 1909 En Vandrer spiller med Sordin - A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 1909 En Vandrer spiller med Sordin - Also translated combined with Under Høststjærnen as Wanderers 1910 Livet i Vold (Play in four acts) - In the Grip of Life 1912 Den siste Glæde - The Last Joy 1913 Børn av Tiden - Children of the Age 1915 Segelfoss By 1 - Segelfoss Town (Volume 1) 1915 Segelfoss By 2 - Segelfoss Town (Volume 2) 1917 Markens Grøde 1 - Growth of the Soil 1917 Markens Grøde 2 1918 Sproget i Fare 1920 Konerne ved Vandposten I - The Women at the Pump 1920 Konerne ved Vandposten II 1923 Siste Kapitel I - The Last Chapter (Volume 1) 1923 Siste Kapitel II - The Last Chapter (Volume 2) 1927 Landstrykere I - Wayfarers 1927 Landstrykere II 1930 August I - August (Volume 1) 1930 August II - August (Volume 2) 1933 Men Livet lever I - The Road Leads On (Volume 1) 1933 Men Livet lever II - The Road Leads On (Volume 2) 1936 Ringen sluttet - The Ring is Closed 1949 Paa gjengrodde Stier - On Overgrown Paths |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Smoker: | Yes |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Proud parent |
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Pan - synopsis and online/download reading |
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| The book is about lieutenant Glahn that spends a summer in a hunting-cabin in Northern-Norway, living off what he can hunt and generally enjoying nature. He becomes something of a typical Germanic man... Posted by Knut Hamsun on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:17:00 PST |
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A Short Hamsun Biography |
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| A short Knut Hamsun biography: The novels of the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) introduced a new style and concept of character into European literature. He received the 192... Posted by Knut Hamsun on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:37:00 PST |
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The Growth of the Soil - synopsis and online/download reading |
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| Knut Hamsun "The Growth of the Soil" (Markens grde) (1917) Synopsis This is Knut Hamsun's best known, and most moving novel. In it, the wanderer of his previous works comes to rest as a worker of th... Posted by Knut Hamsun on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:01:00 PST |
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"Sult" the movie by Henning Carlsen |
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| Henning Carlsen made the movie "Sult" (Hunger) in 1966 based on Hamsun's book. Here is 9 minutter form the movie.1:..>2:..>... Posted by Knut Hamsun on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:30:00 PST |
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Hamsun's Nobel Prize Banquet Speech |
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| Knut Hamsun The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920 Banquet Speech Knut Hamsun's speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Htel, Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (Translation) What am I to do in the presence ... Posted by Knut Hamsun on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:12:00 PST |
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Hunger - synopsis, excerpt and online/download reading |
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| Knut Hamsun "Hunger" Originally published in 1890, this classic of modern literature follows an impoverished Norwegian writer through the streets of Kristiania (now Oslo) as he struggles on the edge ... Posted by Knut Hamsun on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:31:00 PST |
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