Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
author
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| gptkbp:adaptation |
Growth of the Soil (film)
Hunger (film) Hunger (opera) Hunger (theater) |
| gptkbp:associatedAct |
Hamsun's_support_for_Nazi_Germany
Hamsun's_writings_on_World_War_I |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkb:Norwegian_State_Scholarship |
| gptkbp:born |
August 4, 1859
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Knut_Hamsun
gptkb:Arne_Hamsun Tove_Hamsun |
| gptkbp:controversy |
political views
Nazi sympathies |
| gptkbp:died |
February 19, 1952
|
| gptkbp:famousFor |
symbolism
psychological depth existential themes exploration of human consciousness |
| gptkbp:genre |
poetry
drama novel |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Gunnar Hamsun
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:William_Faulkner |
| gptkbp:influences |
Modernism
Romanticism |
| gptkbp:language |
Norwegian
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
influential literary figure
controversial_figure_in_Norwegian_history |
| gptkbp:nationality |
Norwegian
|
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
"I am a writer, and I am a man of the world."
"The world is a beautiful place, but it is also a terrible place." "I have written a book that is not a book." "To be a writer is to be a man of the world." |
| gptkbp:notableWorks |
Hunger
Growth of the Soil |
| gptkbp:occupation |
novelist
playwright poet |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
Vågå, Norway
|
| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:Grue,_Norway
|
| gptkbp:restingPlace |
Grue Cemetery
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Marie_Hamsun
|
| gptkbp:website |
www.hamsun.no
|