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Knut Hamsun Pan Norsk Pdf Knut hamsun pan norsk pdf Continue Norwegian novelist Hamsun diverted here. For the film, see Hamsun (film). Knut HamsunKnut Hamsun in July 1939, at the age of 79.BornKnud Pedersen (1859-08-04)August 4, 1859Lom, Gudbrandsdalen, NorwayDiedFebruary 19, 1952(1952-02-19) (92 years old)Nørholm, Grimstad NorwayThe author, poet, screenwriter, social criticNationalityNorwegianPeriod1877-1949The literary movementNeo-romanticismNeo-realismNotable awardsNobel Prize in Literature 1920 Spouses Bergljot Göpfert (née Bech) (189 Marie Hamsun (1909-1952) Children5Signature Knut Hamsun (4 May 1952) 8 1859 – 19 February 1952) as a writer norwegians were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work lasted more than 70 years and shows changes related to consciousness, themes, perspectives and the environment. He has published more than 20 novels, a collection of poems, several short stories and plays, a travelogue, nonfiction works and several essays. Young Hamsun opposed realism and naturalism. He argues that the main object of modern literature should be the complexity of the human mind, that writers should describe whispers of blood, and begging of the bone marrow. [1] Hamsun was considered the leader of the romantic Neo-Revolt in the early 20th century, with works such as Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892), Pan (1894) and Victoria (1898). [2] His later works — particularly his Nordland novels — were influenced by Norwegian new realism, depicting everyday life in rural Norway and often using local, ironic and humorous local terms. [3] Hamsun published only one volume of poetry, The Wild Choir, which was set to music by several composers. Hamsun is considered one of the most influential and creative literary stylists for hundreds of years (circa 1890-1990). [4] He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of consciousness and interior dialogue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante and Ernest Hemingway. [5] Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun the father of modern literature in all his respects— his subject subjectity, his disjoint, his use of flashes, his lyrics. The entire modern school of fiction in the twentieth century originated in Hamsun. [6] On 4 August 2009, the Knut Hamsun Centre was opened in Hamarøy. [7] Since 1916, some of Hamsun's works have been converted into films. Biography of Hamsun in 1890, the year he published his first major work, Hunger. Knut Hamsun was born Knud Pedersen in Lom in the Norwegian Gudbrandsdal Valley. [8] He was the fourth son (of seven children) of Tora Olsdatter and Peder Pedersen. When he was three, the family moved to Hamsund, Hamarøy in Nordland. [9] They were poor and an uncle invited them to cultivate their land For you. At nine Knut was separated his family and lived with his uncle Hans Olsen, who needed help with the post office he runs. Olsen once beat and starved his nephew, and Hamsun later said that his chronic nervous difficulties were due to the way his uncle treated him. In 1874, he finally escaped back to Lom; for the next five years, he did any work for money; he was a shop worker, peddler, shoemaker's assistant, assistant sheriff, and an elementary school teacher. [10] At the age of 17, he became an e-worker's workman; at the same time he began writing. He asked businessman Erasmus Zahl for significant monetary support for him, and Zahl agreed. Hamsun then used Zahl as a model for mack to appear in the novels Pan (1894), Dreamers (1904), Benoni (1908) and Rosa (1908). [11] He spent many years in america, traveling and working in various jobs, and published his impressions under the title Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv (1889). Early literary career after Edvard Munch, Knut Hamsun, 1896, photogravure, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.360 Working all those odd jobs paid off,[12] and he published his first book: Den Gaadefulde: En Kjærlighedshistorie fra Nordland (The Enigmatic Man: A Love Story from Northern Norway , 1877). It was inspired by the experiences and struggles he endured from his work. In his second novel Bjørger (1878), he attempted to imitate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's writing style of Iceland's saga story. The melody tells the story of a poet, Bjørger, and his love for Laura. The book was published under the pseudonym Knud Pedersen Hamsund. This book later served as the basis for Victoria: En Kærligheds Historie (1898; translated as Victoria: A Love Story, 1923). [13] Hamsun's main works first received widespread acclaim with his 1890 novel Hunger (Sult). The semi-automatic work describes the origins of a young writer in near madness as a result of famine and poverty in the Norwegian capital Kristiania (modern name Oslo). For many, the novel celebrates the works of Franz Kafka and other 20th-century novelist with its internal dialogue and strange logic. One topic that Hamsun often returns to is that of the permanent wanderer, an itinerant stranger (usually the story teller) who appears and alludes himself to the lives of small rural communities. This wandering theme is central to the novels Mysteries, Pan, Under the Autumn Star, The Last Joy, Vagabonds, Rosa, and others. Hamsun's prose often contains happy depictions of the natural world, with intimate reflections on norwegian forests and coastlines. For this reason, he has been associated with the spiritual movement known as resotic (No God, he ever wrote. Only the gods. Hamsun sees humanity and nature united in a strong, sometimes occult connection. The connection between characters and their natural environment is illustrated pan novels, A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings, and the growth of the soil monumental, his monumental work is credited with protecting him from the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. [14] During World War II, captured and tried during World War II, Hamsun supported him behind Germany's war effort. He flirted and met with senior Nazi officers, including Adolf Hitler. Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels wrote a lengthy and enthusiastic diary entry regarding a private meeting with Hamsun; according to Goebbels Hamsun's belief in Germany's victory was unshakable. [15] In 1940, Hamsun wrote that the Germans were fighting for us. [16] After Hitler's death, he published a short obituary in which he described him as a warrior for humanity and a preacher of gospel justice for all nations. After the war, he was arrested by police on 14 June 1945 for treaity, then committed to a hospital in Grimstad (Grimstad sykehus) due to his advanced age, according to Einar Kringlen (a professor and medical doctor). [17] In 1947, he was tried in Grimstad and fined. [18] The Norwegian Supreme Court reduced the fine from 575,000 to 325,000 Norwegian kroner. [19] After the war, Hamsun's view of the Germans during the war was a serious pain for the Norwegians, and they tried to separate their world-renowned writer from Nazi belief. At trial Hamsun pleaded guilty to ignoring. Deeper explanations relate to his contradictory personality, his dissatisfaction with the assembly, his complex inferiority, a profound pain about the spread of inactively, his indifference to inter- war democracy, and especially his brother's fear. [20] The death of Knut Hamsun died on 19 February 1952, at the age of 92, in Grimstad. His ashes were buried in the garden of his home in Nørholm. [21] Thomas Mann's estate describes him as a descendant of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche. Arthur Koestler is a fan of his love stories. H. G. Wells praised Markens Grøde (1917) for whom Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Isaac Bashevis Singer is a fan of his modern themes, using flash rethration, his fragmentation, and his lyricism. [13] A character in Charles Bukowski's book Women called him the greatest writer to ever live. [22] A 15-episode edition of Hamsun's complete works was published in 1954. In 2009, to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, a new edition of 27 episodes of his complete works was published, including short stories, poetry, drama and articles not included in the 1954 edition. For this new edition, all of Hamsun's works have undergone minor language modifications to make them more accessible to contemporary Norwegian readers. [23] Translations He is fresh of his two main works, Growth of the Soil and Pan, published in 1998. Hamsun's works are still popular. In 2009, a Norwegian biographer said, We can't help but love him, even though we hated him. these years ... That's our hamsun injury. He's a ghost that won't stay in the grave. [24] Writing alongside August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and Sigrid Undset, Hamsun formed a quartet of Scandinavian authors who became internationally famous for their works. Hamsun pioneered psychological literature with techniques of consciousness lines and interior dialog, as found in materials of, for example, Joyce, Proust, Mansfield and Woolf. Personal Life This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to trusted sources. Non-native material can be challenged and removed. (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Family portraits on the stairs of Villa Havgløtt; from left to right: Tore Hamsun, Marie Hamsun, Arild Hamsun, Knut Hamsun and Ellinor Hamsun. In 1898, Hamsun married Bergljot Göpfert (née Bech), who gave birth to daughter Victoria, but the marriage ended in 1906. Hamsun later married Marie Andersen (1881–1969) in 1909 and she was his companion for the rest of her life. They had four children: sons Tore and Arild and daughters Ellinor and Cecilia. Marie wrote about her life with Hamsun in two memoirs. She was a promising actress when she met Hamsun but ended her career and accompanied him to Hamarøy.
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