He asked businessman Erasmus Zahl to give him significant monetary support, and Zahl agreed. Īt 17 he became a ropemaker's apprentice at about the same time he started to write. In 1874 he finally escaped back to Lom for the next five years he did any job for money he was a store clerk, peddler, shoemaker's apprentice, sheriff's assistant, and an elementary-school teacher. Olsen used to beat and starve his nephew, and Hamsun later stated that his chronic nervous difficulties were due to the way his uncle treated him. They were poor and an uncle had invited them to farm his land for him.Īt nine Knut was separated from his family and lived with his uncle Hans Olsen, who needed help with the post office he ran. When he was three, the family moved to Hamsund, Hamarøy in Nordland. He was the fourth son (of seven children) of Tora Olsdatter and Peder Pedersen. Knut Hamsun was born as Knud Pedersen in Lom in the Gudbrandsdal valley of Norway. In 1920, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the epic, Growth of the Soil. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul. Knut Hamsun (Aug– February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author. Han ble tildelt Nobelprisen i litteratur i 1920. århundres mest innflytelsesrike litterære stilister, og står for mange som opphavet til den moderne roman. februar 1952 på Nørholm) var en norsk forfatter. august 1859 i Vågå som Knud Pedersen, død 19. Venstre side: Knut Hamsun / Anne Marie Andersen - gift 25. Oslo fylke, Oslo byfogd, Vigselsbok (borgerlig) nr.91: Knut Hamsun / Bergliot Bassøe Goepfert - gift 16.

Oslo fylke, Johannes, Ministerialbok nr.

Oppland fylke, Lom, Ministerialbok nr.

august 1859 i Garmo stavkirke, Lom (som nå står på Maihaugen i Lillehammer). august 1859 på Garmostrædet, Garmo i Lom døpt 28. Oppland fylke, Garmo i Lom, Klokkerbok nr.

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