Q:What key details about henrik pontoppidan  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: henrik pontoppidan -lrb- 24 july 1857 -- 21 august 1943 -rrb- 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 , of its realization -- present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch . as a writer he was an interesting figure , distancing himself both from the conservative environment in which he was brought up and from his socialist contemporaries and friends . he was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the modern break-through .
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- imagesize is 220px- death place is charlottenlund , denmark- caption is pontoppidan c. 1913- death date is 21 august 1943- genre is realist writer- awards is nobel prize in literature 1917 shared with karl gjellerup- birth date is 24 july 1857- name is henrik pontoppidan- nationality is danish- image is henrik pontoppidan 1913.jpg- birth place is fredericia , denmark