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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1910s (40) 1917 (4) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1850s (38) 1857 (5) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, Nordic countries (56) Denmark (11) Fredericia (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1940s (35) 1943 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, Nordic countries (49) Denmark (10) Copenhagen (9) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) P (41) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) H (38) Henrik (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 61 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, Nordic countries (59) Denmark (12) complete name: Henrik Pontoppidan nobel prize: literature award year: 1917 together with: Karl Adolph Gjellerup prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1917 was divided equally between Karl Adolph Gjellerup "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals" and Henrik Pontoppidan "for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: Henrik family name: Pontoppidan occupation: writer occupation: novelist occupation: autobiographer description: 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." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories — informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization — present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch. As a writer he was an interesting figure, distancing himself both from the conservative environment in which he was brought up and from his socialist contemporaries and friends. He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1917. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1917/summary/> date birth: 1857 date death: 1943 usual name: Henrik Pontoppidan
