![]() ![]() Hamsun's style-lyric and brutal, serious and comic-was as individualistic as his hero. Hamsun is not concerned with social issues but with the mental activity and bizarre actions of his unique, tormented hero. ![]() It does not give an objective picture of the world: everything is seen through the protagonist's eyes, and reality is shaped and colored by his physical and mental state. Based on his own experiences as a starving writer, the novel departed sharply from the prevailing literary realism. ![]() Hamsun's breakthrough came when he was nearly 30, with the anonymously published first part of Hunger (1888), which made him immediately famous in Scandinavia. After an impoverished and lonely childhood with little schooling, he worked for 14 years at a variety of jobs in Norway and America while struggling to become a writer. When he was 3, the family moved above the Arctic Circle, where the majestic Nordland nature left a lasting impression on his mind and art. He received the 1920 Nobel Prize in literature. The novels of the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) introduced a new style and concept of character into European literature. ![]()
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