Literature · Religion · 1857–1919

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Did you know?Despite being the son of a vicar and studying theology, he became a staunch atheist and a supporter of Charles Darwin.

Karl Adolph Gjellerup (Danish:; 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.

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