Andrew StroehleinKnut Hamsun, a Norwegian writer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.
In 1943, he sent Joseph Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister) his Nobel Prize medal as a gift.
FediThing 
Good grief... apparently Hamsun wrote a eulogy for Hitler after his death calling him "a prophet of the gospel of justice for all nations" 🤮
How does someone so intelligent become so far removed from reality?
Robert HSome people are lucky, they retain their mentality and compass from youth. Some stray. It happens a lot in science. A brilliant graduate student and professor moves into new areas with truly crazy ideas.