Nobel Prize in Literature 1910

Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910 was awarded to Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories"

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