1918 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 1918 Nobel Prize in Literature was withheld the second time since 1914 because the committee's deliberations were still disturbed by the ongoing First World War (1914–1918). The war ended on 11 November 1918, a month after the annual announcement ceremony. Thus, the prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1918 nobelprize.org

Nominations Despite the ongoing war, numerous literary circles and academics still sent nomination to the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy. In total, the academy received 19 nominations for 17 writers.Nomination archive – 1918 nobelprize.org

Five of the nominees were nominated first-time including Knut Hamsun (awarded in 1920), Gustav Frenssen, Alois Jirásek, Maxim Gorky, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. The highest number of nominations were for Finnish author Juhani Aho with 3 nominations. The Italian writer Grazia Deledda (awarded in 1926) was the only female writer nominated.

The authors Henry Brooks Adams, Guillaume Apollinaire, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Olavo Bilac, Neltje Blanchan, Arrigo Boito, Randolph Bourne, William Wilfred Campbell, Ivan Cankar, Hermann Cohen, George Coșbuc, Max Dauthendey, William Hope Hodgson, Margit Kaffka, Harald Kidde, Paul Margueritte, Peter Nansen, Wilfred Owen, Georgi Plekhanov, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Georg Simmel, Carlos Guido Spano, Richard Voss, Frank Wedekind, Julius Wellhausen, Andrew Dickson White, Fanny zu Reventlow, and Anna Radius Zuccari died in 1918 without having been nominated for the prize.

Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)1Juhani Aho (1861–1921) novel, short story2Henri Bergson (1859–1941) philosophy Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940)3Georg Brandes (1842–1927) literary criticism, essaysYrjö Hirn (1870–1952)4Otokar Březina (1868–1929) ()poetry, essays Arne Novák (1880–1939)5Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) novel, short story, essays6Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945)novel, dramaBengt Hesselman (1875–1952)7Adolf Frey (1855–1920) biography, history, essaysWilhelm Oechsli (1851–1919)8Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)novel, short story, drama, memoir, autobiography, essays, poetryBengt Hesselman (1875–1952)9Bertel Gripenberg (1878–1947)poetry, drama, essaysHarald Hjärne (1848–1922)10Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924) drama, poetryFredrik Wulff (1845–1930)11Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889–1975)novel, short story, poetryAdolf Noreen (1854–1925)12Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)novel, short story, drama, poetry, essaysHarry Fett (1875–1962)13Alois Jirásek (1851–1930)()novel, dramaCzech Academy of Sciences14Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1884–1931) poetryFrits Läffler (1847–1921)15Peter Rosegger (1843–1918)poetry, essaysKarl Alfred Melin (1849–1919)16Carl Spitteler (1845–1924) poetry, essays17William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) poetry, drama, essaysPer Hallström (1866–1960)

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