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- 1 2 Rottem, Øystein (2020). "Knut Hamsun". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Knut Hamsun Returns". New York Herald. March 5, 1922. p. 96. Retrieved July 8, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Næss, Harald S. (1993). A History of Norwegian Literature. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. p. 192.
- ↑ Ferguson, Robert (1994). Gåten Knut Hamsun. Oslo: Aventura. ISBN 8258810138.
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