Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter by Ingar Sletten Kolloen and The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance by Monika Zagar, from the Los Angeles Times

In his prime, author Knut Hamsun wrote beautifully, poetically, and savagely. And yet the author, personally and politically, was a monster. He berated his friends and cheated on his wives; he could be horrible to his children. Famously, he was a fascist. Less famously, he was a career racist, who allied himself early with the Nazis.