Henrik Pontoppidan
Birth date
July 24, 1857
Death date
August 21, 1943
Place of birth
Fredericia, Danmark
Profession
Writing
Age
86 years
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.
