Karl Adolph Gjellerup Writer

Karl Gjellerup (June 2, 1857 – October 13, 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He belonged to the Modern Break-Through. He occasionally used the pseudonym Epigonos.

Personal facts

Karl Adolph Gjellerup
Birth dateJune 02, 1857
Birth place
Præstø , Roholte
Nationality
Denmark
Date of deathOctober 13, 1919
Place of death
Klotzsche

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