Henrik Pontoppidan

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." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories — informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization…

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Who was born first?

• Henrik Pontoppidan and Karl Adolph Gjellerup were born the same year
• Henrik Pontoppidan and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl were born the same year
• Henrik Pontoppidan and Thorstein Veblen were born the same year
• Henrik Pontoppidan and Muhammad Shibli Nomani were born the same year
• Henrik Pontoppidan was born 1 year after John Singer Sargent

Timeline

1. John Singer SargentJanuary 12, 1856 – April 1925
2. Henrik Pontoppidan (this page)July 24, 1857 – August 21, 1943
3. Karl Adolph GjellerupJune 2, 1857 – October 11, 1919
4. Lucien Lévy-BruhlApril 10, 1857 – March 13, 1939
5. Muhammad Shibli NomaniJune 3, 1857 – November 18, 1914
6. Thorstein VeblenJuly 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929

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