Karl Adolph Gjellerup
June 2, 1857 –October 11, 1919
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Playwright, Theologian
Lived 62 years
- Born in
- Roholte
- Passed away in
- Klotzsche
Karl Adolph Gjellerup (Danish: [ˈkʰɑˀl ˈɛːˌtʌlˀf ˈkelˀəʁɔp]; 2 June 1857 – 11 October 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian literature. He occasionally used the pseudonym Epigonos.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
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