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Henrik Pontoppidan

nobel prize for literature


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Henrik Pontoppidan
Full Name
of the recipient		Henrik Pontoppidan
AwardNobel Prize in Literature
Year of Award1917
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withKarl Adolph Gjellerup (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark
Place of BirthFredericia, Denmark DNK
Date of Birth24 July 1857
Age
at the time of Award		59 years
Place of DeathOrdrup, Denmark DNK
Date of Death21 August 1943
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