Henrik Pontoppidan was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through.
Birth Location | Frederica, Denmark |
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Born | 1857-07-24 |
Died | 1943-08-21 |