Knut Hamsun by Ingar Sletten Kolloen

Knut Hamsun by Ingar Sletten Kolloen

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Summary

Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, was both a brilliant and controversial man. This biography offers a nuanced account of this morally ambiguous man. Drawing on Hamsun's extraordinary private archives and on his psychoanalyst's notes, it delves into Hamsun's personal life and character.

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Knut Hamsun by Ingar Sletten Kolloen

Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, was both a brilliant and controversial man. This biography offers a nuanced account of this morally ambiguous man. Drawing on Hamsun's extraordinary private archives and on his psychoanalyst's notes, it delves into Hamsun's personal life and character.
“ [a] daring, frightening book”—Los Angeles Times * Los Angeles Times *

Ingar Sletten Kolloen won the Norwegian Readers’ Award 2004 for this biography. He has worked as publisher, journalist, commentator, and editor for a number of newspapers. He lives in Norway.

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ISBN 13 9780300123562
ISBN 10 0300123566
Title Knut Hamsun
Author Ingar Sletten Kolloen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 2009-09-05
Number of pages 384
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