en

Knut Hamsun

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil". He insisted that the intricacies of the human mind ought to be the main object of modern literature, to describe the "whisper of the blood, and the pleading of the bone marrow". Hamsun pursued his literary program, debuting in 1890 with the psychological novel Hunger.
years of life: 4 August 1859 19 February 1952

Quotes

Agustinahas quoted2 years ago
The tears are on the point of coming to my eyes, and I advanced a step to tell him how heartily I appreciated him, for all he had taught me, and to beg him not to hurt me
Agustinahas quoted2 years ago
Something stirred in my brain, a thought that bored its way in there--a stark-mad notion.
Agustinahas quoted2 years ago
"Oh yes; now too. It is a splendid thing to exist sometimes."
fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)