Henrik Pontoppidan
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 4
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- July 24, 1857
- Died
- August 21, 1943
- Place of birth
- Fredericia, Danmark
Biography
Henrik Pontoppidan was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through.
