1910 Nobel Prize in Literature
1910 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
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Paul von Heyse | |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Presented by | Swedish Academy |
First awarded | 1901 |
Website | Official website |
The 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the German writer Paul Heyse (1830–1914) "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories."[1] He is the third German recipient of the prize after Rudolf Christoph Eucken in 1908.[2]
Laureate
Paul Heyse translated Italian poetry in addition to writing short tales, poems, novels, and plays. He belonged to
Deliberations
Nominations
Heyse had not been nominated for the prize before 1910, making it one of the rare occasions when an author have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year they were first nominated.
In total, the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy received 27 nominations for 25 writers, among them
The authors
No. | Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
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1 | Juhani Aho (1861–1921) | Russia ( Finland) |
novel, short story | Leo Mechelin (1839–1914) |
2 | Wilhelm Benignus (1861–1930) | Germany United States |
short story, poetry, essays | Marion Dexter Learned (1857–1917) |
3 | Georg Brandes (1842–1927) | Denmark | literary criticism, essays |
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4 | Robert Bridges (1844–1930) | Great Britain | poetry, essays | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) |
5 | William Chapman (1850–1917) | Canada | poetry, translation | Amédée Gosselin (1863–1941) |
6 | Francesco D'Ovidio (1849–1925) | Italy | philology, literary criticism | Ernesto Monaci (1844–1918) |
7 | Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911) | Italy | novel, poetry, short story | Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé (1848–1910) |
8 | Alfred Fouillée (1838–1912)
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France | philosophy | Carl David af Wirsén (1842–1912) |
9 | Anatole France (1844–1924) | France | poetry, essays, drama, novel, literary criticism | Paul Hervieu (1857–1915) |
10 | Martin Greif (1839–1911) | Germany | poetry, drama | August Sauer (1855–1926) |
11 | Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924)
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Spain | drama, poetry | 20 members of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona |
12 | Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) | Great Britain | novel, short story, poetry | 6 members of the Society of Authors |
13 | Paul Heyse (1830–1914) | Germany | poetry, drama, novel, short story | professors in |
14 | William Dean Howells (1837–1920) | United States | novel, short story, literary criticism, drama | Brander Matthews (1852–1929) |
15 | Andrew Lang (1844–1912) | Great Britain | poetry, novel, short story, essays, literary criticism, translation | Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) |
16 | Ernest Lavisse (1842–1922) | France | history | Frédéric Masson (1847–1923) |
17 | Pierre Loti (1850–1923) | France | novel, short story, autobiography, essays | Gabriel Hanotaux (1853–1944) |
18 | Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) | Belgium | drama, poetry, essays | Carl Bildt (1850–1931) |
19 | Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912) | Spain | history, philosophy, philology, poetry, translation, literary criticism | 4 members of the Royal Spanish Academy |
20 | John Morley (1838–1923) | Great Britain | biography, literary criticism, essays | 28 members of the Society of Authors |
21 | Édouard Rod (1857–1910) | Switzerland France |
novel, short story, essays, literary criticism | Edmond Rossier (1865–1945) |
22 | Salvador Rueda Santos (1857–1933) | Spain | poetry, essays | 7 professors at the Complutense University of Madrid |
23 | Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916) | United States | history, novel, short story | Charles William Kent (1860–1917) |
24 | Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) | Austria-Hungary | novel, short story, drama | Emil Reich (1854–1910) |
25 | Gustav Warneck (1834–1910) | Germany | theology, history |
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Price decision
In 1910, Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Heyse, Thomas Hardy and Anatole France were shortlisted by the Nobel committee.[citation needed] During the delibartions, Hardy was dismissed because his works were deemed "too immoral and ungodly" and for his "depictions of fallen women and his atheism";[citation needed] France was dismissed "as not having the noble idealism that should characterize those awarded the Nobel Prize";[citation needed] Maeterlinck's evaluation was similarly held the previous year;[citation needed] and Heyse's works was praised for his outstanding novellas.[citation needed] Heyse's selection was considered vague, but it was suggested that he was one of the last acclaimed realists in Germany still alive from the 1860s and that motivated the committee to award him the prize.[citation needed][7][page needed]
Reactions
The Nobel Prize to Paul Heyse did not receive much attention in his native Germany. Responses outside the German-speaking world were far more numerous. Particularly in Italy appreciations appeared in many publications, as well as notices in French newspapers such as Le Figaro.[8]
Notes
- ^ a b The nomination was made jointly by W. Söderhjelm and Y. Hirn, both members of the Finnish Scientific Society
- ^ a b The nomination was made by a great number of missionary societies and individuals, of whom J. Ficker and C. Mirbt are considered qualified nominators.
References
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910 nobelprize.org
- ^ a b c Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse britannica.com
- ^ Paul Heyse – Facts nobelprize.org
- ^ "Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1901-1950" (in Swedish). Svenska Akademien.
- ^ Nomination archive – Paul Heyse nobelprize.org
- ^ Nomination archive – 1910 nobelprize.org
- ^ Gustav Källstrand Andens Olympiska Spel: Nobelprisets historia, Fri Tanke 2021
- ^ Thomas Oliver Beebee German Literature as World Literature, Bloomsbury Publishing USA 2014, p.152
External links
- Award ceremony speech by C.D. af Wirsén nobelprize.org