Henrik Pontoppidan (July 24, 1857- August 21, 1943) was a realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories - informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization - present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch.
External link
- About Henrik Pontoppidan http://www.nobel-winners.com/Literature/henrik_pontoppidan.html
- Books and Writers' article about the author http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pontoppi.htm
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