Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952

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Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was born in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, and grew up in poverty in Hamarøy in Nordland. From early childhood he was a shoemaker’s apprentice, but was also a road worker, stonemason, junior-level teacher, and so on. He spent some years in America, travelling and working as a tram driver, and published his impressions, chiefly satirical, under the title Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv (1889) [The Intellectual Life of Modern America]. The novel Sult (1890) [Hunger] and even more so Pan (1894) led to Hamsun’s literary breakthrough and Sult is regarded as the first genuinely modern novel in Norwegian literature.

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creatorOf	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series I., General Correspondence, 1922-1977 (bulk 1946-1966).	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series II., Alfred A. Knopf Personal, 1874-1984 (bulk 1953-1984).	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series IV., Author and Book Designer Files, 1911-1979 (bulk 1920-1960).	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series V., Editor Files, 1873-1984 (bulk 1960-1980).	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn	Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936. Rasmus Björn Anderson papers, 1823-1936.	Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn	Chakravarty, Amiya Chandra. Amiya Chakravarty collection, 1915-1978.	Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn	Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Reading Library, 1707-1961.	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf	Clifton, Neil. Hunger [music] / Neil Clifton.	Libraries Australia
referencedIn	Esquire, Inc. Records, 1933-1977	Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn	Gale, Zona, 1874-1938. Papers of Zona Gale, 1914-1937.	University of Virginia. Library

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associatedWith	Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
associatedWith	Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936.
correspondedWith	Chakravarty, Amiya Chandra.
associatedWith	Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956.
associatedWith	Clifton, Neil.
associatedWith	Esquire, Inc.
associatedWith	Gale, Zona, 1874-1938.
correspondedWith	Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966
associatedWith	Moldenhauer, Hans.
associatedWith	New Directions Publishing Corp.