"as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit"
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| Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson |
| Norway |
b. 1832
d. 1910 |
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