Knut Hamsun
Born: 01-01-1859
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, renowned for his innovative narrative style and psychological depth. Born in 1859, he became a leading figure in modern literature, influencing writers like Kafka and Hemingway. His seminal works, including "Hunger" and "Growth of the Soil," earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Despite his literary acclaim, his later years were marred by controversy due to his support of Nazi Germany.
Book summaries for books written by Knut Hamsun
Quotes
The best thing you can give your children is roots and wings.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all.
Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.
I stood there like a man who's lost his way, and at the same time I felt an enormous joy.
In the end, it's the small things that matter the most.
Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough. But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve.
Every man is a part of the continent, a piece of the main.
I am not very good at explaining things. But here is an explanation of my life.
Every man is a riddle to himself.
The world has room for everything, except a doubter.
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.