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Knut Hamsun got rid of his Nobel Prize by giving it as a gift to Joseph Goebbels.

Author Knut Hamsun (1920 literature Nobel laureate) gave the medal to Goebbels.

Celine and Hamsun aren’t getting engagement activity from their in-app analytics.

The post itself contains a fascinating historical precedent that maps pretty well to the current situation: Knut Hamsun (Literature Prize 1920): In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.

And then we land into the realm of literature, and the heated discussions about the world views of authors like Lovecraft, Hamsun or Rowling...

Knut Hamsun is long gone, so we’ll need a new champion.

Examples include: -John Lennon (wife-beater) -Tim Hunt (sexist) -James Watson (racist) -Luc Montagnier (anti-vaccer) -Knut Hamsun and Martin Heidegger (known and argued nazi sympathizers, respectively) -Steve Jobs (asshole), arguably Some of these are Nobel laureates.

History: * Russia Leaves the War by George Kennan * The Battle Cry of Freedom by James MacPherson Fiction: * Hunger by Knut Hamsun * White Teeth by Zadie Smith Philosophy: * Philosophy of Logic by W.

> Machado appears to be the first person to give away her medal for such explicitly political reasons, although in 1943 the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun gifted his decoration to Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, as a sign of his admiration for the Nazis.

Quote: "Knut Hamsun (Literature Prize 1920): In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.

Plenty of supply for a book like the one he mentions, Knut Hamsun's "Growth of the Soil." No question that it was made to the quality level of the time when it was published; early 2000's is probably peak.

After the war, his books were burned, his wife and sons were imprisoned and there was a huge court case which nearly financially ruined his family > Hamsun was subjected to humiliating clinical psychiatric tests in Oslo, and having been told that he was suffering from "lasting weakened mental capacities", was eventually fined 325,000 kroner after a civil action found him guilty of NS membership.

Some of the best fiction was written by people with absolutely despicable opinions like Francois Céline or Knut Hamsun.

This was because I wanted to read one Knut Hamsun's book and it was not available on Pirate Bay.

The obvious example is Nobel prize laureate Knut Hamsun, who publically praised Hitler.