1. Hamsun - Noun
2. Hamsun - Proper noun
Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952)
Source: WordNetAmong the world-famous artists who lived here during this period were Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun (the latter was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature). Source: Internet
A theme to which Hamsun often returned is that of the perpetual wanderer, an itinerant stranger (often the narrator) who shows up and insinuates himself into the life of small rural communities. Source: Internet
Another issue of post-war treatment has been the ongoing Hamsun debate in Norway. Source: Internet
Death Knut Hamsun died on February 19, 1952, aged 92, in Grimstad. Source: Internet
During the 1930s, most of the Norwegian right-wing newspapers and political parties were sympathetic to various degrees to fascist regimes in Europe, and Hamsun came to be a prominent advocate of such views. Source: Internet
Following the end of the war, angry crowds burned his books in public in major Norwegian cities and Hamsun was confined for several months in a psychiatric hospital. Source: Internet