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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Knut Hamsun published more than 23 novels across seven decades, beginning with his rejection of realism in favor of what he called "the whisper of blood, and the pleading of bone marrow"—the intricacies of the human mind. Works like Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892), and Pan (1894) pioneered stream of consciousness and interior monologue, earning him the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature and the admiration of writers across continents. His later "Nordland novels" turned toward rural Norway, employing local dialect and irony. But his Anglophobia hardened into open support for Nazi Germany: he donated his Nobel medal to Joseph Goebbels and met Hitler during the occupation. Charged with treason after the war, he was fined heavily in 1948 but not convicted due to his age and alleged mental decline. His final book, On Overgrown Paths, was written in semi-imprisonment and answered the accusations against him.