Knut Hamsun

MR. ALFRED A. KNOPF
has been appointed the sole authorizedAmerican publisher of
KNUT HAMSUN

The following books are now ready:

• HUNGER
• GROWTH OF THE SOIL
• SHALLOW SOIL
• DREAMERS
• PAN
• WANDERERS

The following are scheduled for later publications:

• CHILDREN OF THE TIME [Spring, 1923]
• VICTORIA
• THE VILLAGE OF SEGELFOSS
• BENONI
• ROSA

Knut Hamsun
Photo by Wilse

Knut Hamsun

by

Hanna Astrup Larsen

Editor "The American-Scandinavian Review"

New York
Alfred · A · Knopf
Mcmxxii

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
Published, October, 1922

Set up and printed by the Vail-Ballou Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Paper furnished by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York.
Bound by the H. Wolff Estate, New York.

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The author wishes to acknowledge her debtto The American-Scandinavian Foundationfor the Fellowship which enabled her to studythe works of Hamsun in Norway during thewinter of 1920-1921.

Contents

• The Wanderer:
  • Early Life in Norway 3
  • From the Wheatfields to the Fishing Banks 20
  • The Author of Hunger 32
• The Poet:
  • His Own Hero 45
  • The Hero and the Heroine 58
  • God in Nature 76
  • With Muted Strings 89
  • The Literary Artist 104
• The Citizen:
  • ...