Henrik Pontoppidan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henrik Pontoppidan

writer, Nobel Laureate

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1857

Place of Birth: Fredericia, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1943

Profession: writer, poet, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Henrik Pontoppidan (24 July 1857 – 21 August 1943) 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 — present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch.
As a writer he was an interesting figure, distancing himself both from the conservative environment in which he was brought up and from his socialist contemporaries and friends.
He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through.