Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter

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Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter
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Author Ingar Sletten Kolloen
Original titleHamsun. Svermer og erobrer
Translator
    • Erik Sluggevik
    • Deborah Fawkin
LanguageNorwegian
Publication date
2007
Publication placeNorway
Published in English
2009
Pages428
ISBN 9788205390461

Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter (Norwegian : Hamsun. Svermer og erobrer) is a biography about the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, written by Ingar Sletten Kolloen. It covers Hamsun's life, literary works, family, personal obsessions and political activity. [1] [2]

It is a shortened international version in one volume of the books Hamsun. Svermeren (2003, lit. 'The Zealot') and Hamsun. Erobreren (2004, lit. 'The Conqueror'). Sletten Kolloen worked on the entire project for five years. [3] [4] Gyldendal Norsk Forlag published the shortened version as an audiobook in Norwegian in 2007 and as a print book in 2009. [5] [6] Yale University Press published it in an English translation by Erik Sluggevik and Deborah Fawkin in 2009. [7]

Publishers Weekly wrote in its review that "Hamsun is given his due, although at something of an academic distance, in this unsentimental portrait". [7]

References

  1. ↑ Hawtree, Christopher (13 November 2009). "Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter, By Ingar Sletten Kolloen". The Independent . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Thier, Aaron (27 September 2010). "Art and Ugliness". The New Republic . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "- Hamsun har gjort meg ydmyk". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 21 October 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Johnsen, Vibeke (20 December 2006). "Utlandet jakter norsk Hamsun". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Hamsun svermer og erobrer (Audiobook on CD)". WorldCat . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Hamsun svermer og erobrer (Print Book)". WorldCat . Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter". Publishers Weekly . 3 August 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
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