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Nobel Prize in Literature

Germany · Arts / Literature. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1902–1929Date range
5Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1902

Theodor Mommsen10 December 1902

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writing, especially A History of Rome.

1908

Rudolf Eucken10 December 1908

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for philosophical works advancing an idealistic view of life.

1910

Paul Heyse10 December 1910

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for an idealistic and accomplished literary career.

1912

Gerhart Hauptmann10 December 1912

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for varied and outstanding dramatic writing.

1929

Thomas Mann10 December 1929

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, principally for the novel Buddenbrooks.

Names involved

Gerhart HauptmannPaul HeyseRudolf EuckenTheodor MommsenThomas Mann

Provenance

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