Nobel Prize

To recount my life for the Nobel Foundation, I would like to present it as possessing some romantic quality, some unique character, like ‘s early adventures in India, or ‘s leadership in the criticism of British arts and economics. But my life, aside from such youthful pranks as sailing on cattleships from America to England…

Yasunari Kawabata, son of a highly-cultivated physician, was born in 1899 in Osaka. After the early death of his parents he was raised in the country by his maternal grandfather and attended the Japanese public school. From 1920 to 1924, Kawabata studied at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he received his degree. He was one…

Camilo José Cela Trulock was born on 11 May, 1916, in Iria Flavia, district of Padron, province of la Coruña. Principal works: Poetry: Pisando la dudosa luz del dia (1956; 1st ed. 1945). Novels: La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942), Pabellón de reposo (1943), Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes (1944), La colmena…

  Works in Czech Mesto v slzach, 1921 Sama laska, 1923 Na vlnach T.S.F., 1925. – Revised and published as Svatební cesta, 1938 Slavik zpiva spatne, 1926 Hvezdy nad Rajskou zahradou, 1929 Postovni holub, 1929 Jablko z klina, 1933 Ruce Venusiny, 1936 Zpivano do rotacky, 1936 Jaro, sbohem, 1937 Osm dni, 1937 Zhasnete svetla, 1938…

Swedish Harold Pinter föddes den 10 oktober 1930 i Hackney i London som son till en judisk damskräddare. Pinter fick under sin uppväxt uppleva antisemitiska stämningar, något som han själv framhållit som betydelsefullt för hans utveckling till dramatiker. Vid andra världskrigets utbrott evakuerades han som nioåring från London och återvände vid tolv års ålder. Han…

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Presentation Speech by Per Hallström, Permanent Secretary of the , on December 10, 1937 The recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1937, Roger Martin du Gard, has dedicated most of his activity to a single work, a long series of novels with the collective title, Les Thibault (1922-40). It is a vast work…

The following account of the work of Verner von Heidenstam is by Sven Söderman, Swedish Critic In the constellation of original artists who regenerated Swedish poetry at the end of the last century, Verner von Heidenstam was the most brilliant star. He was the leader of the generation of poets of 1890; he was the…

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