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KNUT HAMSUN
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
Bibliography Knut Hamsun Online bibliography by Anders Høvin Rognmo of Hamsun's work "published ... in his lifetime." In the Service of Words A biographical sketch of Hamsun by Lars Frode Larsen. Knut Hamsun An excellent short biography of Hamsun with a selected bibliography from the Kuusankoski Public Library in Finland. Knut Hamsun A short page from Ireland on Hamsun. Knut Hamsun A brief general article from the German publication Nordische Zeitung. Knut Hamsun Online Mikkel Michelsen's well-designed site is one of the primary internet resources on Hamsun. The Galleri section features photographs of Hamsun ranging from childhood to old age. (In Danish) Knut Hamsun 1859-1952 A German site (in German, English, and Danish) on Hamsun. Includes a biography, bibliography, and a variety of other sections -- including pictures of early editions of Hamsun's works. Knut Hamsun 1911-1952 A page on Hamsun that is part of an extensive personal literature site. Includes brief reviews of several books. Knut Hamsun at IBDB The entry on Hamsun at the Internet Broadway Database site. Lists Broadway productions of Hamsun's plays At the Gate of the Kingdom and In the Grip of Life, the latter of which was a favorite of the great Russian director Constantin Stanislavsky. Knut Hamsun Museum A page on the proposed Knut Hamsun Museum in Prestied, Norway by Steven Holl Architects. ARCspace.com has another brief page on the museum project here. Knut Hamsun: Novelist This page at the Great Norwegians site exemplifies the mixed feelings Hamsun evokes: admiration for his literary achievements, disgust for his political views. Knut Pedersen Hamsun Biography A "timeline" style biography from PageWise, which mostly just lists the publication dates of his books. Knut Hamsun på internett The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's site on Hamsun. (In Norwegian) The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920 The page on Hamsun at the official Nobel Foundation site. Includes a brief biography, the prize presentation address by Harald Hjärne, and Hamsun's acceptance speech. This page is mirrored here by the San Diego Supercomputer Center. |
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COMMENTARY AND ESSAYS |
Artist of Skepticism A general article on Hamsun by Eric P. Olsen from the magazine The World & I. Being on 'the worldly plane' An essay by Nick Fry on Hamsun's Hunger and Edvard Munch's painting Death in the Sickroom. Hamsun's Nordland More comments from Mr. Olsen, this time on the district in the north of Norway that frequently served as the location for Hamsun's works. Juliane's Speech This essay by University of Minnesota professor Monika Zagar analyzes speech patterns in Hamsun's play In the Grip of Life. Knut Hamsun's America An essay by Arlow W. Andersen of the Norwegian-American Historical Association on Hamsun's years in the USA and a discussion of his early book The Cultural Life of Modern America. Knut Hamsun's Centennial Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe's wry take on the preparations for the Hamsun Centennial in 1959. From the great site Jens Bjørneboe in English by Esther Greenleaf Mürer. Hitler's Little Helper Geoffrey Macnab of The Guardian discusses "the Nazi problem" and some of the films made based on Hamsun's work. This is the Part of My Scientific Interests This is an essay by a Russian professor, charmingly and somewhat chaotically translated into English, generally on the film Hamsun. One of its more interesting features is its Anglicized representations of the Russian titles of Hamsun's works (for example, The Earth Fruits for Growth of the Soil). The Unpredictable Revolutionary A short LA Weekly essay by James Wood on the style and importance of Hamsun's early fiction. |
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ONLINE BOOKS |
Growth of the Soil The complete text of the 1921 English translation of Hamsun's Nobel-winning novel by W. W. Wooster. Knut Hamsun at PublishingOnline PublishingOnline is a Seattle-based company that produces "e-books" (PDFs) of various books. Their Hamsun page includes a short biography and links where visitors can purchase e-book versions of Hunger (the historically important 1899 George Egerton translation), Growth of the Soil and Dreamers (the latter two in translations by W. W. Worster). |
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BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS |
Addicted to Unpredictability James Wood of the London Review of Books reviews the Sverre Lyngstad translation of Hunger and the second volume of Hamsun's Selected Letters published by Norvik Press. Dreamers J. Peder Zane reviews the Tom Geddes translation of Sværmere for HotWired. Hunger A very brief review of the Robert Bly translation of Hunger from an online magazine. Hamsun Some stills from the film and a copy of the Stephen Holden review (in the New York Times) of Jan Troell's film. Hamsun The Boston Phoenix review of Troell's Hamsun. Hamsun Brief Washington Post review of the film. Hunger An Arizona State University student's "response" to viewing the 1966 Henning Carlsen film of Sult. Rutger Hauer on Mysteries The well-known Dutch actor Rutger Hauer starred as Nagel in a film version of Mysteries (with Sylvia Kristel as Dagny). This page, at Hauer's official site, includes his comments on the film. Two Green Feathers The Norsk filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute) page on director Henning Carlsen's Two Green Feathers, an adaptation of Hamsun's Pan. Victoria A Chicago Review capsule review of Bo Widerberg's 1979 film of Hamsun's novel. |
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OTHER SITES OF INTEREST |
Edvard Munch A mirror of the Paris-based Web Museum site on Hamsun's contemporary, expressionist painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), best known for his painting The Scream. George Egerton George Egerton was the pseudonym of Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright, who published the first English translation of Hamsun (Hunger, 1899). An author herself, her story "Now Spring Has Gone" from the collection Keynotes (1894) purportedly describes her (unrequited) love for Hamsun. Hamsun A one-act play by Tom Henighan featuring Hamsun, his first wife Bergljot, and second wife Marie. Ibsen.net Ibsen.net features information in Norwegian, English, and German on the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, author of A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, and Peer Gynt. Knut Faldbakken's Phallocentrism in Glahn This is a paper by University of Washington Scandinavian Studies professor Jan Sjåvik on a novel by contemporary Norwegian author Knut Faldbakken. Interesting because the novel, Glahn, refers so directly to Hamsun's Pan. Man of War An extended essay by Scottish writer Duncan McLean on Hamsun's influence on his work. |
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