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Hamsun

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Ham·sun  (hämsn, -sn), Knut Pen name of Knut Pedersen. 1859-1952.
Norwegian writer whose novels include Hunger (1890) and The Growth of the Soil (1917). He won the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature.
Hamsun (Norwegian) [ˈhamsun]
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(Biographies / Hamsun, Knut (1859-1952) M, Norwegian, WRITING: novelist) Knut, (knuːt), pen name of Knut Pedersen. 1859- 1952, Norwegian novelist, whose works include The Growth of the Soil (1917): Nobel prize for literature 1920
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Noun1.Hamsun - Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952)Hamsun - Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952)
Knut Hamsun, Knut Pedersen
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