Nobel Prize

Thomas Stearns Eliot’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1948 When I began to think of what I should say to you this evening, I wished only to express very simply my appreciation of the high honour which the has thought fit to confer upon me. But to…

Works in English Prufrock and Other Observations. – London : Egoist, 1917 Ezra Pound : His Metric and Poetry. – New York : Knopf, 1918 Poems. – Richmond, Surrey : The Hogarth Press, 1919 Ara Vos Prec. – London : Ovid Press, 1920. – Revised as Poems. – New York : Knopf, 1920 The Sacred…

  Works in French Les Cahiers d’André Walter. – Paris : Didier-Perrin, 1891 Le Traité du Narcisse. – Paris : Librairie de l’Art Indépendant, 1891 Les Poésies d’André Walter. – Paris : Librairie de l’Art Indépendant, 1892 La Tentative amoureuse. – Paris : Librairie de l’Art Indépendant, 1893 Le Voyage d’Urien. – Paris : Librairie…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1947, the speech was read by Gabriel Puaux, French Ambassador (Translation) «It would no doubt be of little purpose to dwell on my regrets at not being able to be present on this solemn occasion…

Works in German Romantische Lieder. – Leipzig : Pierson, 1899 Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht. – Leipzig : Diederichs, 1899 Hinterlassene Schriften und Gedichte von Hermann Lauscher : Herausgegeben von Hermann Hesse. – Basel : Reich, 1901 Gedichte. – Berlin : Grote, 1902 Boccaccio. – Leipzig : Schuster & Loeffler, 1904 Franz von Assisi. – Leipzig…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1946, the speech was read by Henry Vallotton, Swiss Minister (Translation) We deeply regret that illness keeps Hermann Hesse in Switzerland. But his thoughts are with us, and his gratitude speaks through this message which…

Works in Danish (large selection) Danskere. – Copenhagen: Det Nordiske, 1896 Einar Elkær. – Copenhagen: Det Nordiske, 1898 Himmerlandsfolk : historier. – Copenhagen : Det Nordiske, 1898 Intermezzo : Dolores, Forsvundne Skove, Louison. – København : Det Nordiske, 1899 Foraarets Død. – Copenhagen: Det Nordiske, 1900 – (Kongens Fald; 1) Den store Sommer. – København…

Johannes V. Jensen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 (Translation) I thank the venerable and the Swedish nation for the honour they have bestowed upon me in awarding me the Nobel Prize in Literature. Present in all our thoughts today is the founder, Alfred Nobel, whose generosity…

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  Works in Finnish Elämä ja aurinko. – Helsinki : Kirja, 1916 Ihmislapsia elämän saatossa. – Helsinki : Kirja, 1917 Hurskas kurjuus. – Porvoo : Söderström, 1919 Rakas isänmaani. – Porvoo : Söderström, 1919 Hiltu ja Ragnar. – Porvoo : Söderström, 1923 Enkelten suojatit. – Porvoo : Söderström, 1923 Maan tasalta. – Porvoo : Söderström,…