1920 Nobel Prize in Literature

1920 Nobel Prize in Literature
Knut Hamsun
"for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil."
Date
  • 13 November 1920 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1920
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil." He was the second Norwegian Nobel laureate in literature after Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson won in 1903.

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