Knut Hamsun(18591952) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Sverre Lyngstadhas translated Hamsuns other novels for Penguin Classics and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and comparative literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Brad Leithauseris a MacArthur Prizewinning novelist, poet, and critic who writes frequently about Nordic literature and teaches at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.