Nobel Prize

German Nobel Lecture, March 27, 1909 (short excerpt)   Naturalismus oder Idealismus? Die Erfahrung der Menschheit zeigt gewisse Fragen, die uralt sind und die zugleich sich immer wieder erneuern: uralt sind sie, weil alle Ge­staltung des Lebens eine Antwort über sie in sich trägt, neu werden sie immer wieder, weil die Verhältnisse, an denen jene…

Selected works Schoolboy Lyrics, 1881 Echoes, 1884 (with Alice Kipling) Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1886 Plain Tales from the Hills, 1888 Soldiers Three, 1888 The Story of the Gadsbys, 1888 In Black and White, 1888 Under the Deodars, 1888 The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales, 1888 Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories, 1888…

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Selected poetry Rime di Giosuè Carducci. – San Miniato : Tipografia Ristori, 1857 Levia gravia. – Pistoia : tipografia Niccolai e Quarteroni, 1868 Poesie di Giosuè Carducci. – Florence : Barbèra, 1871 Nuove poesie di Enotrio Romano. – Imola : Galeati, 1873 Odi barbare di Giosuè Carducci. – Bologna : Zanichelli, 1877 Satana e polemiche…

Henryk Sienkiewicz’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1905 (Translation) Nations are represented by their poets and their writers in the open competition for the Nobel Prize. Consequently the award of the Prize by the glorifies not only the author but the people whose son he is, and it bears…

Principal works in Polish Na marne. – Warsaw: Przeglad Tygodniowy, 1876 Listy z podrózy po Ameryce. – Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1880 Stary sŧuga; Hania; Szkice wêglem; Janko Muzykant. – Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1880 Latarnik; Niewola tatarska; Jamioŧ; Na jedna kartê; Bartek Zwyciêzca. – Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, 1882 Ogniem i mieczem. – 4…

Works in Provencal and French Mirèio : pouèmo prouvençau = Mireille. – Avignon : J. Roumanille, 1859 Calendau : pouèmo nouvèu : traduction française en regard. – Avignon : J. Roumanille, 1867 Lis Isclo d’or. – Avignon : J. Roumanille, 1876 Lou Trésor dóu Félibrige, ou, Dictionnaire provençal-français, embrassant les dives dialectes de la lange…

English Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1903 (Translation) I believe that the Prize I have received today will be regarded by the public as a gift from one nation to another. After the long struggle in which I have taken part to gain for Norway an equal…

Selected works in Norwegian Synnøve Solbakken. – Christiania : Johan Dahls, 1857 Mellem slagene : drama i 1 akt. – Christiania : Dybwad, 1857 Halte-Hulda : drama i 3 akter. – Bergen : Geelmuydens Enke, 1858 Arne. – Bergen : Geelmuydens Enke, 1859 Småstykker. – Bergen : Giertsen’s Forlag, 1860 Kong Sverre. – København :…

Norwegian Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1903 (in Norwegian) »Jeg tror, at den præmie, som er tildelt mig i dag, af den store almenhed vil opfattes som gave fra folk til folk. Og da vil jeg få lægge til, at efter den lange kamp jeg har været…