Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, in 1920.

An obituary he wrote for Adolf Hitler was published on 7 May 1945 in Aftenposten (a newspaper).

Personal life

He married Marie Hamsun. Their children include Tore Hamsun.

After death

In 1978, Gabriel Langfeldt released a book that listed the entire [written] statement of the court-appointed [medical] experts, from Hamsun's trial; spokesman for the Hamsun family - Leif Hamsun (a grandchild of Knut Hamsun) - said that after Langfeldt revealed my grandparents [privileged interviews with court-appointed experts], there is little that is private anymore.

Publication (in 2017) of notes written by Hamsun's psychoanalyst

Main page: Notes from the psychoanalysis of Knut Hamsun

Hamsun voluntarily went to psychoanalysis during 1926 to 1928; the psychoanalyst made notes.

Notes from the psychoanalysis of Hamsun, were published in 2017; the photocopied notes were from [Hamsun's appointments] with his psychoanalyst; photocopied notes were part of [a work of] art that was published in Vagant [a magazine].

Knut Hamsun Media

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  Hamsun in 1890, the year he published his first major work, Hunger

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  After Edvard Munch, Knut Hamsun, 1896, photogravure, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.360

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  Family portrait on the stairs of "Villa Havgløtt"; left to right: Tore Hamsun, Marie Hamsun, Arild Hamsun, Knut Hamsun and Ellinor Hamsun.

Bibliography

• 1877 Den Gaadefulde. En kjærlighedshistorie fra Nordland (The name of the author, is listed as Knud Pedersen.)
• 1878 Et Gjensyn (Published as Knud Pedersen Hamsund)
• 1878 Bjørger (Published as Knud Pedersen Hamsund)
• 1889 Lars Oftedal. Udkast (11 articles, previously printed in Dagbladet)
• 1889 Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv (The Spiritual Life of Modern America)
• 1890 Sult (Hunger)
• 1892 Mysterier (Mysteries)
• 1893 Redaktør Lynge
• 1893 Ny Jord (Shallow Soil)
• 1894 Pan (Pan)
• 1895 Ved Rigets Port (At the Gate of the Kingdom)
• 1896 Livets Spil (The Game of Life)
• 1897 Siesta
• 1898 Aftenrøde. Slutningspil
• 1898 Victoria. En kjærlighedshistorie (Victoria)
• 1902 Munken Vendt. Brigantines saga I
• 1903 I Æventyrland. Oplevet og drømt i Kaukasien (In Wonderland)
• 1903 Dronning Tamara, play
• 1903 Kratskog
• 1904 Det vilde Kor, poetry (The Wild Choir)
• 1904 Sværmere (Mothwise, 1921), (Dreamers)
• 1905 Stridende Liv. Skildringer fra Vesten og Østen
• 1906 Under Høststjærnen. En Vandrers Fortælling (Under the Autumn Star)
• 1908 Benoni Benoni
• 1908 Rosa: Af Student Parelius' Papirer (Rosa)
• 1909 En Vandrer spiller med Sordin (A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings)
• 1909 En Vandrer spiller med Sordin (Wanderers)
• 1910 Livet i Vold, play (In the Grip of Life)
• 1912 Den sidste Glæde (The Last Joy; also known as Look Back in Happiness)
• 1913 Børn av Tiden (Children of the Age)
• 1915 Segelfoss By 1 (Volume 1) (Segelfoss Town)
• 1915 Segelfoss By 2 (Volume 2) (Segelfoss Town)
• 1917 Markens Grøde 1 (Growth of the Soil)
• 1917 Markens Grøde 2
• 1918 Sproget i Fare
• 1920 Konerne ved Vandposten I (The Women at the Pump)
• 1920 Konerne ved Vandposten II
• 1923 Siste Kapitel I (Volume 1) (The Last Chapter)
• 1923 Siste Kapitel II (Volume 2) (The Last Chapter)
• 1927 Landstrykere I (Wayfarers)
• 1927 Landstrykere II
• 1930 August I (Volume 1) (August)
• 1930 August II (Volume 2) (August)
• 1933 Men Livet lever I (Volume 1) (The Road Leads On)
• 1933 Men Livet lever II (Volume 2) (The Road Leads On)
• 1936 Ringen sluttet (The Ring is Closed)
• 1949 Paa gjengrodde Stier (On Overgrown Paths)

Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer translated some of his works.