HAMSUN KNUT: (1859-1952) Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1920. A.L.S., Knut Hamsun, one page, 8vo, Grimstad, Norway, 29th August 1927, to Clair Kenamore. Hamsun thanks his correspondent for their letter and adds that he will try and write the article as requested, remarking ´It is for me a great honour, and I hope to satisfy you, as long as I may think and write in my own language. My American editor will point out an able translator´. With blank integral leaf. VG

Clair Kenamore (1875-1935) American journalist who was a foreign correspondent and editor on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1907. He was sent on assignment to Europe in 1927 to get information for the 50th anniversary edition of the Post-Dispatch, which was published on 9th December 1928. For the assignment Kenamore interviewed many writers and intellectuals, and it is likely the present letter relates to a contribution for the anniversary edition.