Henrik Pontoppidan
| 24 Jul 1857 | Frederica, Denmark
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Death date: 21 Aug 1943
Biography
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." He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through.
