Knut Hamsun

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:King_of_Norway
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Symbolism
Existentialism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:born August 4, 1859
gptkbp:burial_place Grue Cemetery
gptkbp:children Arne Hamsun
Tora Hamsun
Knut Hamsun Jr.
gptkbp:controversy Support for Nazi Germany
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:Film_adaptations
Influence on literature
Adaptations of his works
Theater adaptations
Translations of his works
gptkbp:died February 19, 1952
gptkbp:famous_for Individualism
Nature themes
Critique of modernity
Exploration of human psychology
gptkbp:famous_quote " To be a poet is to be a man of the world."
" Life is a dream, and dreams are the reality."
" I am a man who has been in the world."
" I have written a book that is not a book."
" The most beautiful things in the world are those that are not seen."
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Modernism
Psychological fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Knut Hamsun
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Leo_Tolstoy
gptkb:Henrik_Ibsen
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:language gptkb:Norwegian
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Norwegian
gptkbp:notable_awards Nobel Prize in Literature 1920
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Hunger
Growth of the Soil
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth Lofoten Islands, Norway
gptkbp:place_of_death Grue, Norway
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition Literary legacy
gptkbp:spouse Marie Hamsun
gptkbp:work_period 1890s to 1940s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4