Knut Hamsun

**Knut Hamsun** (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, in 1920.

An obituary he wrote for Adolf Hitler was published on 7 May 1945 in Aftenposten (a newspaper).

## Personal life

He married Marie Hamsun. Their children include Tore Hamsun.

## After death

In 1978, Gabriel Langfeldt released a book that listed the entire [written] statement of the court-appointed [medical] experts, from Hamsun's trial; spokesman for the Hamsun family - Leif Hamsun (a grandchild of Knut Hamsun) - said that after Langfeldt revealed my grandparents [privileged interviews with court-appointed experts], there is little that is private anymore.

### Publication (in 2017) of notes written by Hamsun's psychoanalyst

Hamsun voluntarily went to psychoanalysis during 1926 to 1928; the psychoanalyst made notes.

Notes from the psychoanalysis of Hamsun, were published in 2017; the photocopied notes were from [Hamsun's appointments] with his psychoanalyst; photocopied notes were part of [a work of] art that was published in Vagant [a magazine].

## Bibliography

- 1877 _Den Gaadefulde. En kjærlighedshistorie fra Nordland_ (The name of the author, is listed as **Knud Pedersen**.)
- 1878 _Et Gjensyn_ (Published as Knud Pedersen Hamsund)
- 1878 _Bjørger_ (Published as Knud Pedersen Hamsund)
- 1889 _Lars Oftedal. Udkast_ (11 articles, previously printed in _Dagbladet_)
- 1889 _Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv_ (_The Spiritual Life of Modern America_)
- 1890 _Sult_ (_Hunger_)
- 1892 _Mysterier_ (_Mysteries_)
- 1893 _Redaktør Lynge_
- 1893 _Ny Jord_ (_Shallow Soil_)
- 1894 _Pan_ (_Pan_)
- 1895 _Ved Rigets Port_ (_At the Gate of the Kingdom_)
- 1896 _Livets Spil_ (_The Game of Life_)
- 1897 _Siesta_
- 1898 _Aftenrøde. Slutningspil_
- 1898 _Victoria. En kjærlighedshistorie_  (_Victoria_)
- 1902 _Munken Vendt. Brigantines saga I_
- 1903 _I Æventyrland. Oplevet og drømt i Kaukasien_ (_In Wonderland_)
- 1903 _Dronning Tamara_, play
- 1903 _Kratskog_
- 1904 _Det vilde Kor_, poetry (_The Wild Choir_)
- 1904 _Sværmere_ (_Mothwise_, 1921), (_Dreamers_)
- 1905 _Stridende Liv. Skildringer fra Vesten og Østen_
- 1906 _Under Høststjærnen. En Vandrers Fortælling_ (_Under the Autumn Star_)
- 1908 _Benoni_ _Benoni_
- 1908 _Rosa: Af Student Parelius' Papirer_ (_Rosa_)
- 1909 _En Vandrer spiller med Sordin_ (_A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings_)
- 1909 _En Vandrer spiller med Sordin_ (_Wanderers_)
- 1910 _Livet i Vold_, play (_In the Grip of Life_)
- 1912 _Den sidste Glæde_ (_The Last Joy_; also known as _Look Back in Happiness_)
- 1913 _Børn av Tiden_ (_Children of the Age_)
- 1915 _Segelfoss By 1_ (Volume 1) (_Segelfoss Town_)
- 1915 _Segelfoss By 2_ (Volume 2) (_Segelfoss Town_)
- 1917 _Markens Grøde 1_ (_Growth of the Soil_)
- 1917 _Markens Grøde 2_
- 1918 _Sproget i Fare_
- 1920 _Konerne ved Vandposten I_ (_The Women at the Pump_)
- 1920 _Konerne ved Vandposten II_
- 1923 _Siste Kapitel I_ (Volume 1) (_The Last Chapter_)
- 1923 _Siste Kapitel II_ (Volume 2) (_The Last Chapter_)
- 1927 _Landstrykere I_ (_Wayfarers_)
- 1927 _Landstrykere II_
- 1930 _August I_ (Volume 1) (_August_)
- 1930 _August II_ (Volume 2) (_August_)
- 1933 _Men Livet lever I_ (Volume 1) (_The Road Leads On_)
- 1933 _Men Livet lever II_ (Volume 2) (_The Road Leads On_)
- 1936 _Ringen sluttet_ (_The Ring is Closed_)
- 1949 _Paa gjengrodde Stier_ (_On Overgrown Paths_)

Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer translated some of his works.