Talk:Knut Hamsun

message: I wrote about the Danish author Thorkild Hansen's view on Hamsun, since the trial against Hamsun deservers investigations. After all Hamsun was 80 years old, when the 2nd World War started - and Hansen stated, that he probably didn't like the Nazis much, rather he was suspicious of the English (Hamsun remembered the Boer War in South Africa and was opposed to the world dominance of Great Britain). And he had a lot of other good reasons, but generally Hansen found some devastating facts on the treatment of this old man - who was not senile or had any mental defects. So altogether I would recommend, that the article of Hamsum gets the label: {controversial} on it - since the Norwegians probably still hasn't recognized what went on just after the war. --Hansjorn 12:35, Nov 2, 2004 (UTC)
It's all pretty good described in his last book 'On overgrown paths.'--82.194.206.52 21:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: old comment

message: Is there any information available regarding his views on race? How much of an antisemite was he? Did he actually buy into the whole Aryan philosophy?
He was not a member of the Norwegian Nazi (Fascist) party (there's a photo showing him wearing a NS pin, but this is probably a fake), though members of his family was. He was always pro-German and anti-British, and expressed admiration for Hitler. He also expressed anti-Semit (and anti-Sami) views. Anti-Semitism and other kinds of racism was widespread before WW II. Hitler was admired by some conservatives. So the answer might be: He was not a Nazi - but like many other conservatives of the time, he had some Nazi sympathies. Unlike most others, however, he did not revert to Norwegian patriotism when Germany occupied Norway, but stick to his old views.  —Preceding 
93.97.194.138 (talk) 06:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes he did everything to "stop it". He thought he had a God-given capacity to talk reason with Adolf Hitler. I seem to think that Adolf thought "why am I so highly admired by this crybaby?". Come to think of it, Nasjonal Samling consisted of people we today would call emos. Twice as many Norwegian Nazis chose to stay out of it, just because Quisling was a wimp. Hamsun must have been unaware of it all. --Stat-ist-ikk (talk) 13:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: How much of a Nazi was he exactly

message: Although Hamsun himself is a controversial figure, history-wise, I doubt that the article deserves this label... I find it objective enough now as it is, as both views are presented. However, I guess the article would turn out better if "injected" more information about this, preferably in it's own section on the page... NuclearFunk
: 217.157.148.74 please cite your sources! NuclearFunk 12:13, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the controversial label 

message: Ok, I inserted some more info about his life, and I placed his writing career under the headline "Work". My purpose for this structuring is to make the article more easy to browse, and also more easy to contribute to... If anyone disagrees, or spots anything obviously questionable, please say so :)NuclearFunk 21:34, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the structuring 

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Please see the above page, where it seems that a fake Iago Dali (or more than one) has been trying to frame me for bad edits. The above admin has said that he will ban the imposter, so I will re-edit the piece more tightly, as I did. Iago Dali 19:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Imposter

message: Should the Hansen book "The Process againt Hamsun" be called perhaps "The Trial of Hamsun"?  I know nothing of the book, but "The Process against Hamsun" strikes me as awkward, and possibly a mistranslation.
213.131.238.25 14:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You're absolutely right. 'The Hamsun Trial' is probably the best translation. Asav 22:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In German, the word for "trial" is "prozess." That may account for bad translation. 66.108.4.183 07:57, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Process should be trial? 

message: Im norwegian and the propper way to pronounce his name is Hahmmsoon, or at least it's close ;)
- Hamsun = Ham - Haaaam ...sun = Tsun (tsunami)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glahn (talk • contribs) 21:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: The fact that this article basically functions as a mouthpiece for those who disagree with Hamsun's politics is a disgrace.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.107.153.86 (talk) 04:31, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  An observation 

message: It was not the Nobel Committee that gave Hamsun the Nobel Prize. The Committee (appointed by the Norwegian Parliament) is only responsible for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded by the Swedish Academy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.212.52.33 (talk) 00:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nobel Committe 

message: I have just added a lot of material about the postwar treason trial of Hamsun. From the perspective of historians (as opposed to literary scholars) his wartime actions and the postwar political retribution against Hamsun has been of considerable interest, even more so in Norway where there have been many books published on his case.
I have used the most recent publication on this which summarizes all existing scholarship, evidence on both sides, and adds analysis.
In order to add these sections I deleted some of the existing sentences which did a poorer job of summarizing the postwar events. I also moved a White Supremacist link that I saw in the links section to the bottom (it offers very little new or interesting of note to the article) and added a description so visitors will know what kind of organization stands behind the article.
Finally, I want to add that I think it is a shame that an author of this importance, from a literary standpoint gets so little treatment from a literary perspective. I'm a historian by trade so I can only add what I know about the controversy surrounding his wartime actions and postwar trial, where my own interests lie, but I hope someone will take the time to add more about his literary contributions so the article will not be as heavily weighted to the political and historical issues surrounding his legacy.
--K. M. Lawson (talk) 23:57, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added New Section on Trial and Need for More on His Work 

message: I have added a section about his trial.
"In 1947 he was tried in Grimstad, and fined.(translation of title:— Hamsun was not psychiatrically ill — Psychiatrist Terje Øiesvold at Salten psychiatric center opines that Knut Hamsun did not have svekkede sjelsevner ("diminished" + "soul" + "abilities") "- Hamsun ikke psykisk syk — Psykiater Terje Øiesvold ved Salten psykiatriske senter mener Knut Hamsun ikke hadde svekkede sjelsevner. Hamsun burde vært stilt for retten for sin nazi-sympati under krigen." "
The text and section has been removed, .
And I have reinserted the section.
--85.196.118.210 (talk) 19:22, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seperate section about his trial 

message: This article has 2 "Biography" sections.
Shouldn't one of them be renamed? --85.196.118.210 (talk) 14:50, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  2 "Biography" sections 

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message: Are there really no sources about Hamsun which jibe with why so many of his novels were translated into Yiddish despite the Nazi connection?
~~  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.15.117.207 (talk) 02:24, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  incomplete 

message: It's a bit odd to me that probably his most monumental work Growth of the Soil which earned him his Nobel Prize is not mentioned at all in the lede, let alone the intro paragraph. As a matter of fact, it is barely mentioned at all in the article. Nikolaih☎️📖 20:25, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Growth of the Soil]] in intro