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The following account of the work of Karl Gjellerup is by Sven Söderman, Swedish Critic Biographical-Critical Essay Karl Gjellerup was born in 1857 and died on October 13, 1919. Like Henrik Pontoppidan, he came from a family of ministers. He chose a career in the clergy although he felt no special calling for it; rather…

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 11 October 2007 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007 Doris Lessing The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2007 is awarded to the English writer Doris Lessing “that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”. The Swedish Academy

German Der ständige Sekretär Pressemitteilung 11. Oktober 2007 Der Nobelpreis in Literatur des Jahres 2007 Doris Lessing Der Nobelpreis in Literatur des Jahres 2007 wird der englischen Schriftstellerin Doris Lessing verliehen „der Epikerin weiblicher Erfahrung, die sich mit Skepsis, Leidenschaft und visionärer Kraft eine zersplitterte Zivilisation zur Prüfung vorgenommen hat“. Die Schwedische Akademie

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Broadcast Lecture by Per Hallström, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Among Johannes V. Jensen’s prose works Den lange rejse (1908-22) [The Long Journey] stands foremost in popular estimation. The theme of this immense epic is man’s development from the soulless and inarticulate herd-life when more than any other creature he was a prey…

English Biobibliographical Notes Doris Lessing was born on 22 October 1919 to British parents in Kermanshah in what was then known as Persia (now Iran) as Doris May Taylor. Her father, Alfred Cook Taylor, formerly a captain in the British army during the First World War, was a bank official. Her mother, Emily Maude Taylor,…

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