 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature | ||||
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| Paul von 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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| Location | Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Presented by | Swedish Academy | |||
| First award | 1901 | |||
| Website | Official website | |||
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The1910 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the German writerPaul Heyse (1830–1914) "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."[1] He is the third German recipient of the prize afterRudolf Christoph Eucken in1908.[2]
Paul Heyse translated Italian poetry in addition to writing short tales, poems, novels, and plays. He belonged toDie Krokodile andTunnel über der Spree, two literary organizations. Heyse's became better known as a writer of short stories with his famous worksDer Jungbrunnen ("The Fountain of Youth", 1850) andL'Arrabiata ("The Fury", 1852), which is one of his most well-known novellas. The emphasis of Heyse's writings is onindividuality andfreedom.[3][2]
He was dubbedDichterfürst o prince of poetry, and he worked tirelessly to promote international understanding within Europe. His last published works wereLetzten Novellen ("Recent Novellas") andItalienischen Volksmärchen ("Italian Folktales", 1914).[2]
Heyse had not been nominated for the prize before 1910, making it one of the rare occasions when an author have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year they were first nominated.[4] The nomination for Paul Heyse was made by a great number of professors and others inMunich,Berlin,Breslau,Halle,Leipzig andVienna.[5]
In total, the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy received 27 nominations for 25 writers, among themGeorg Brandes,Juhani Aho, andÁngel Guimerá. Twelve of the nominees were nominated first-time includingThomas Hardy,Andrew Lang,Robert Bridges,William Dean Howells,Alfred Fouillée,Gustav Warneck,Édouard Rod,Pierre Loti. Two of the nominees were women and both were also nominated first-time: American historianMolly Elliot Seawell and Austrian novelistMarie von Ebner-Eschenbach.[6]
The authorsGiuseppe Cesare Abba,Vittoria Aganoor,Otto Julius Bierbaum,Samuel Langhorne Clemens (known as Mark Twain),Frederick James Furnivall,Julia Ward Howe,William James,Emil Friedrich Kautzsch,Maria Konopnicka,William Vaughn Moody,George Panu,William Sydney Porter (known as O. Henry),Wilhelm Raabe,Jules Renard,Bertilda Samper Acosta,Florencio Sánchez,Catherine Helen Spence, andToini Topelius died in 1910 without having been nominated for the prize. The Swiss novelist Édouard Rod died months before the announcement.
| No. | Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
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| 1 | Juhani Aho (1861–1921) |  Russia(  Finland) | novel, short story | Leo Mechelin (1839–1914) |
| 2 | Wilhelm Benignus (1861–1930) |  Germany United States | short story, poetry, essays | Marion Dexter Learned (1857–1917) |
| 3 | Georg Brandes (1842–1927) |  Denmark | literary criticism, essays |
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| 4 | Robert Bridges (1844–1930) |  Great Britain | poetry, essays | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) |
| 5 | William Chapman (1850–1917) |  Canada | poetry, translation | Amédée Gosselin (1863–1941) |
| 6 | Francesco D'Ovidio (1849–1925) |  Italy | philology, literary criticism | Ernesto Monaci (1844–1918) |
| 7 | Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911) | Italy | novel, poetry, short story | Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé (1848–1910) |
| 8 | Alfred Fouillée (1838–1912) |  France | philosophy | Carl David af Wirsén (1842–1912) |
| 9 | Anatole France (1844–1924) | France | poetry, essays, drama, novel, literary criticism | Paul Hervieu (1857–1915) |
| 10 | Martin Greif (1839–1911) | Germany | poetry, drama | August Sauer (1855–1926) |
| 11 | Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924) |  Spain | drama, poetry | 20 members of theReial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona |
| 12 | Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) | Great Britain | novel, short story, poetry | 6 members of theSociety of Authors |
| 13 | Paul Heyse (1830–1914) | Germany | poetry, drama, novel, short story | professors inMunich,Berlin, Breslau,Halle,Leipzig andVienna |
| 14 | William Dean Howells (1837–1920) | United States | novel, short story, literary criticism, drama | Brander Matthews (1852–1929) |
| 15 | Andrew Lang (1844–1912) | Great Britain | poetry, novel, short story, essays, literary criticism, translation | Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) |
| 16 | Ernest Lavisse (1842–1922) | France | history | Frédéric Masson (1847–1923) |
| 17 | Pierre Loti (1850–1923) | France | novel, short story, autobiography, essays | Gabriel Hanotaux (1853–1944) |
| 18 | Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) |  Belgium | drama, poetry, essays | Carl Bildt (1850–1931) |
| 19 | Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912) | Spain | history, philosophy, philology, poetry, translation, literary criticism | 4 members of theRoyal Spanish Academy |
| 20 | John Morley (1838–1923) | Great Britain | biography, literary criticism, essays | 28 members of theSociety of Authors |
| 21 | Édouard Rod (1857–1910) |  Switzerland France | novel, short story, essays, literary criticism | Edmond Rossier (1865–1945) |
| 22 | Salvador Rueda Santos (1857–1933) | Spain | poetry, essays | 7 professors at theComplutense University of Madrid |
| 23 | Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916) | United States | history, novel, short story | Charles William Kent (1860–1917) |
| 24 | Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) |  Austria-Hungary | novel, short story, drama | Emil Reich (1854–1910) |
| 25 | Gustav Warneck (1834–1910) | Germany | theology, history |
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The Nobel Prize to Paul Heyse did not receive much attention in his native Germany. Responses outside the German-speaking world were far more numerous. Particularly in Italy appreciations appeared in many publications, as well as notices in French newspapers such asLe Figaro.[7]
