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# Henrik Pontoppidan

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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." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories — informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life,

##  Quotes by Henrik Pontoppidan

> [“One entry was entitled: "About God": "This thought has been ascribed to Voltaire: If God did not exist, mankind would have invented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-pontoppidan/one-entry-was-entitled-about-god-this-thought-has-been-ascribed-to/)

[Henrik Pontoppidan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-pontoppidan/)

[Clean heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-heart/)

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