Henrik Pontoppidan
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 24, 1857
Day of Death: August 21, 1943 (86 years old)
Place of Birth: Fredericia, Danmark
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.
