The great Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was and remains one of the most controversial and mysterious figures in the literature of the 20th century. The Dreamer and the Conqueror is the latest biographical study of the life and work of Hamsun, written by the renowned Norwegian journalist and writer. The biography is distinguished by its fundamentality and documentation, while it represents a fascinating narrative that allows you to trace the vicissitudes of the writer’s long and complex life path, to penetrate into his inner world and creative laboratory.