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Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer (1857-1919) · Denmark · Writers · Died at 62

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A Danish writer who shared the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature with another Dane - a rare double win that put two countrymen on the same podium for a prize usually handed to one.

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Awards

Nobel Prize in Literature1917

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Spouse: Eugenia Gjellerup

About this person

Karl Adolph Gjellerup was born on 2 June 1857 in Denmark and became a poet and novelist during the Modern Breakthrough, the period that rewired Scandinavian literature. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Epigonos. In 1917, he and compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died on 11 October 1919.

Country
Denmark
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1857 to 1919 · aged 62

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