Karl Adolph Gjellerup
1857 – 1919 · aged 62
Danish writer (1857–1919)
- Born
- 2 Jun 1857 · Roholte
- Died
- 11 Oct 1919 · Klotzsche
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- 2 Jun 1857BornBorn in Roholte
- 1917AwardNobel Prize in Literature
- 11 Oct 1919DiedDied in Klotzsche
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1857 – 1919).
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
Biography
Karl Adolph Gjellerup (Danish: [ˈkʰɑˀl ˈɛːˌtʌlˀf ˈkelˀəʁɔp]; 2 June 1857 – 11 October 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian literature. He occasionally used the pseudonym Epigonos.
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