Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
Year: | 1916 |
Number: | 24 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Carl Spitteler |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1845 |
Year, Death: | 1924 |
Profession: | Author |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1919 | |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Karl Alfred Melin |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Author, member of the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) |
University: | Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
Comments: | The nomination was made jointly by K.A. Melin and E.A. Karlfeldt (see entry 24-2, 1916), both of the Swedish Academy. The Prize for 1919 was awarded to C. Spitteler in 1920. The Nobel Committee decided to carry over a number of nominated candidates from the previous year, with members of the Nobel Committee acting as nominator (see entries 1916-24 through 1916-29). |
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