Henrik Pontoppidan
Born
July 24, 1857
Died
August 21, 1943 (86 years old)
Known For
Writing
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.