Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun (Norwegian: Knut Hamsun, August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952), Norwegian writer, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for Literature. His major works include "The Growth of the Earth", "The Mysterious Man", "Hunger" and "The Path in the Overgrown Grass". Hamsun is considered "one of the most influential and creative stylists of the past hundred years (1890-1990)." His stream of consciousness and interior monologue techniques influenced Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse and Ernest Hemingway. Furthermore, he believed in the philosophy of German philosopher Nietzsche. He published articles in major newspapers praising Hitler's aggressive behavior, and continued this behavior after Germany invaded Norway. In 1946, he was convicted of treason by the Norwegian Supreme Court and sentenced to house arrest. Died at home in 1952.