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Another tidbit about Hamsun: Just about everyone in Norway agrees that he is one of our greatest authors, but his nazi sympathies has made any sort of official and public recognition practically impossible. When the event which marked his 150th anniversary (The Hamsun year) in 2009 was being held, the media coverage was practically dominated by controversy (it recieved only 1/10th of Henrik Ibsen got in sponsorship a few years earlier). He got his first and only statue in 2009 (not without protests), and he is the only renowned author not to have a street or public square named after him. His deplorable/questionable choices in his personal life has completely overshadowed the fact that he is one of only three laureates of the Nobels prize in literature from around here.
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cloudchamber posted:There hasn't been a single female author yet this year. Maybe we could keep it Norwegian and read some Sigrid Undset. Gunnar's Daughter is a pretty quick and easy read. Or maybe the first novel in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. Edit: On second thought, that might be a dull choice. ulvir fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Mar 19, 2015 |
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Mira posted:Might be time for a good old-fashioned poll?
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To keep a Scandinavian trend going, I'll add Doctor Glas by the swedish author Hjalmar Söderberg to the list of suggestions edit: I'm an idiot and it took me an hour and half to realise I got the surname wrong ulvir fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Hedningen posted:drat, that's the book I teach right before having my students read Hunger. Good stuff there. What level do you teach? Upper secondary school or university?
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