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Henrik Pontoppidan

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86 Years Old

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.

Born

Fredericia, Danmark on 24th July 1857

Died

21st August 1943

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