On Overgrown Paths

On Overgrown Paths is the English title of a 1949 novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, and is seen^{[citation needed]} as the author's attempt at proving his soundness of mind after his sanity was called into question. It was his last literary work.^{[citation needed]} The book is part fiction, part diary, part an old man's apologia and part a pamphlet in opposition to the ruling given in the 1948 court trial against him, that he had "permanently impaired mental abilities".

The original Norwegian version was titled Paa gjengrodde Stier.

English editions

The first translation to English was published in 1967.^[1]

One translation was done by Sverre Lyngstad.^{[citation needed]}

Other languages

The novel has been published in German and Italian.^[2]

Filmatization

The writing of this book is shown, in part, in the film Hamsun (1996), directed by Jan Troell. In the film, Hamsun is portrayed by Swedish actor Max von Sydow.

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