Nobel Prize

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…

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…

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 :…

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…

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English Half of my book Istanbul is about the city; the other half chronicles the first 22 years of my life. I remember my huge disillusionment when it was finished. Of all the things I had wanted to express about my life, of all the memories that I considered the most crucial, only a few…

English Knut Hamsun’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (Translation) What am I to do in the presence of such gracious, such overwhelming generosity? I no longer have my feet planted on the ground, I am walking on air, my head is spinning. It is not easy to be…

Norwegian Knut Hamsun’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (in Norwegian) Nei hvad skal jeg gjöre overfor en saa hjærtelig Elskværdighet! Den löfter mig iveiret og jeg mister Fotfæstet, Salen farer avsted med mig. Det er ikke godt at være mig nu, jeg er blit tyk av Ære og…

Works in Norwegian Den Gaadefulde : en kjærlighedshistorie fra Nordland. – Tromsø : Urdal, 1877 Bjørger : fortælling. – Bodø : A. F. Knudsen, 1878 Fra det moderne Amerikas aandsliv. – København : Philipsen, 1889 Lars Oftedal : udkast. – Bergen : Mons Litlere, 1889 Sult. – København : Philipsen, 1890 Mysterier. – Copenhagen :…

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