Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature
Year:1916
Number:24 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Carl Spitteler
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1845
Year, Death:1924
Profession:Author
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1919
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1864
Year, Death:1931
Profession:NP lit 1931, member of the Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), poet
University:Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien)
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Comments: The nomination was made jointly by K. A. Melin (see entry 24-1, 1916) and E.A. Karlfeldt, both of the Swedish Academy. The Prize for 1919 was awarded to C. Spitteler in 1920. The Nobel Committee decided to carry over a number of nominated candidates from the previous year, with members of the Nobel Committee acting as nominator (see entries 1916-24 through 1916-29).