Hunger (disambiguation)

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Hunger is a prolonged condition in which insufficient amounts of food are available.

Hunger or The Hunger may also refer to:

• Hunger (motivational state), a physical sensation triggering a desire to eat
• Malnutrition, a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet

People

• Herbert Hunger, Austrian Byzantine scholar
• Saint Hunger, Bishop of Utrecht 854–866
• Sophie Hunger, Swiss singer/songwriter

Literature

• Hunger (Hamsun novel), an 1890 novel by Knut Hamsun
• The Hunger (Strieber novel), a 1981 vampire novel by Whitley Strieber
• The Hunger (Mahfouz novel), a 1986 novel by Naguib Mahfouz
• Hunger (Gone series), the second novel in the Gone series by Michael Grant
• Hunger, a 1998 fiction collection by Lan Samantha Chang
• Hunger (Kessler novel), a 2010 young-adult novel by Jackie Kessler
• Hunger, a 2010 novel by Elise Blackwell
• Hunger (poem), a poem by Jayanta Mahapatra
• Hunger (memoir), a 2017 memoir by Roxane Gay

Film and TV

Film

• Hunger (1966 film), a Danish film based on Knut Hamsun's novel (see above)
• Hunger (1974 film), an animated short, one of the first CGI films
• The Hunger (1983 film), a horror film starring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie, based on Whitley Strieber's novel
• The Hunger (1986 film) (Arabic: الجوع), an Egyptian film based on Naguib Mahfouz's novel
• Hunger (2001 film), an American film based on Hamsun's novel
• Hunger (2008 film), a film about Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands, directed by Steve McQueen
• Hunger (2009 film), a film produced for the Fangoria Frightfest film selections, created by Steven Hentges and written by L.D. Goffigan

Television

• The Hunger (TV series), a 1997–2000 British/Canadian horror anthology series
• "Hunger" (Dilbert), an episode of Dilbert
• "Hunger" (Legend of the Seeker), an episode of Legend of the Seeker

Music

Performers

• The Hunger (band), a 1990s–2010s American rock band from Houston, Texas
• Hunger (band), a 1960s American rock band from Portland, Oregon

Albums

• Hunger (Frankie & The Heartstrings album), or the title song, 2011
• Hunger (Janis Ian album), or the title song, 1997
• The Hunger (Michael Bolton album), or the title song, 1987
• The Hunger (Seven Day Jesus album), or the title song, 1996
• Hunger, album by The Meteors (Dutch band) 1980

Songs

• "Hunger" (song), 2016 song by Molly Pettersson Hammar
• "Hunger", a song by The 69 Eyes from Back in Blood
• "Hunger", a song by Amaranthe from Amaranthe
• "The Hunger", a song by the Distillers from Coral Fang
• "Hunger", a song by Eternal Decision from Eternal Decision
• "The Hunger", a song by Fireflight from Unbreakable
• "The Hunger", a song by the Misfits from American Psycho
• "The Hunger", a song by Shirley Manson, written by Serj Tankian
• "The Hunger", a song by Steve Holy from Blue Moon

See also

• Air hunger, the sensation of the urge to breathe
• The Great Hunger, the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1849
• All pages beginning with "Hunger"
• Unger (disambiguation)
• Ungar
• Hungry (disambiguation)