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Henrik Pontoppidan

(born July 24, 1857, Fredericia, Den. — died Aug. 21, 1943, Ordrup, near Copenhagen) Danish realist writer of novels and short stories. He studied engineering and worked as a teacher before taking up writing. His works, typically written in a cold, aloof, epic style, present a comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch. His earlier works are informed with a desire for social progress; his later ones despair of its realization. His major novels include the semiautobiographical Lucky Peter (1898 – 1904) and the five-volume cycle The Realm of the Dead (1912 – 16). He shared the 1917 Nobel Prize for Literature with Karl Gjellerup.

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