Permanent historical factsheet

Nobel Prize in Literature

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

1Records
1919Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1919

Carl Spitteler10 December 1919

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his epic poem Olympian Spring.

Names involved

Carl Spitteler

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.