In 1891, in what remains the most badass move in history, the young and promising author Knut Hamsun had a lecture gig in Christiania (Oslo).
An audience of 700 norwegian elites had shown up, and even Henrik Ibsen, recently returned from 27 years abroad, had shown up with his friend, the composer Edvard Grieg.
Most people in Hamsun’s position would have used the opportunity to impress and charm his audience.
Hamsun spent most of the lecture harshly criticizing Ibsen, sitting on the front row, for his lousy prose, the steretypical nature of his characters, and his idealized, unrealistic stories.
Be like Hamsun.
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