Literature
Bibliography
Bibliography
Works in French Stances et poèmes. – Paris : Achille Fauré, 1865 Les Epreuves : Amour, doute, rêve, action. – Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1866 Les Solitudes. – Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1869 Les Destins. – Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1872 La Révolte des fleurs. – Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1874 La France. – Paris…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Per Hallström, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the , on December 10, 1926 George Bernard Shaw showed in the novels of his youth the same conception of the world and the same attitude to social problems that he has maintained ever since. This provides a better defence for him than anything…
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Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Anders Österling, Permanent Secretary of the John Steinbeck, the author awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in the little town of Salinas, California, a few miles from the Pacific coast near the fertile Salinas Valley. This locality forms the background for many of his descriptions of the common man’s…
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Poetry
Lightenings viii The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise Were all at prayers inside the oratory A ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor dragged along behind so deep It hooked itself into the altar rails And then, as the big hull rocked to a standstill, A crewman shinned and grappled down…
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