Nobel Prize

Allvar Gullstrand’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1911 (in Swedish) Kungliga högheter! Mina damer och herrar! Vid svenska fanor ville jag likna Nobelprisen. De äro planterade af svensk man på en plats, der de synas för hela världen. En gång hvarje år höjas de och tilldraga sig då allas blickar. Till…

Alfred Fried did not deliver a Nobel Lecture.

Tobias Asser did not deliver a Nobel Lecture.

Tobias Michael Carel Asser (April 28, 1838-July 29, 1913) was born in Amsterdam into a family with a tradition in the field of law, both his father and his grandfather having been well-established lawyers and his uncle having served as the Dutch minister of justice. A brilliant student, young Asser won a competition in 1857…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1911, the speech was given by Mr. Charles C.M.A. Wauters, Minister of Belgium (Translation) The absence of my illustrious countryman, Mr. Maurice Maeterlinck, whom a serious illness retains at home, has – as Count Mömer has already…

Works in French Serres chaudes : poèmes. – Paris : Léon Vamir, 1889 La princesse Maleine. – Gent : Louis van Melle, 1889 L’intruse ; Les aveugles. – Brussels : P. Lacomblez, 1890 Les sept princesses. – Brussels : P. Lacomblez, 1891 Pelléas et Mélisande. – Brussels : P. Lacomblez, 1892 Alladine et Palomides, Intérieur,…

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