1908 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature Rudolf Christoph Eucken Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1908/summary/ 1908 laureate Eucken-im-Alter.png "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life." 12 November 1908 (announcement) 10 December 1908 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 The 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the German philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846–1926) "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life."The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 nobelprize.org He is the second German to be awarded the prize and the first philosopher to be a recipient. Laureate Rudolf Christoph Eucken Rudolf Eucken centered his philosophy on the human experience. He maintained that man is the meeting place of nature and spirit and that it is man's duty to overcome his nonspiritual nature by actively striving after the spiritual life. Some of his major works are Die Einheit des Geisteslebens ("The Unity of the Spiritual Life", 1888), Geistige Strömungen der Gegenwart ("Main Currents of Modern Thoughts", 1908), Der Sinn und Wert des Lebens ("The Meaning and Value of Life", 1908), Können wir noch Christen sein? ("Can We Still Be Christians?", 1911), and Der Sozialismus und seine Lebensgestaltung ("Individual and Society", 1923).Rudolf Eucken – Facts nobelprize.orgRudolf Christoph Eucken britannica.com Deliberations Nominations Eucken had never been nominated for the prize before, making him one of the 10 laureates who won on a rare occasion when they have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year they were first nominated.Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature nobelprize.org He received a single nomination from a member of the Swedish Academy.Nomination archive – 1908 nobelprize.org In total, the academy received 23 nominations for 16 writers. Among the nominees include Jaroslav Vrchlický, Selma Lagerlöf (awarded in 1909), John Morley, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and Antonio Fogazzaro. Six of the nominees were newly nominated such as the controversial Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Adolf von Harnack, Julio Calcaño and Edmondo De Amicis. The American writer Mark Twain was purportedly nominated in 1907 and 1908, but is not included in the archives.http://www.twainquotes.com/19070820.html Mark Twain misses getting the Nobel Prize 20 August 1907 2 January 2024 The New York Timeshttps://www.janetwhardy.com/the-legacy-of-mark-twain-why-he-didnt-win-a-nobel-prize/ The Legacy Of Mark Twain: Why He Didn't Win A Nobel Prize 4 January 2023 2 January 2024 janetwhardy.com The authors Vicente Acosta, Anton Giulio Barrili, Wilhelm Busch, Julia Abigail Cartney, Karl Josef Rudolph Cornely, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Joaquim Machado de Assis, Alexander Ertel, Carl Ewald, Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Joel Chandler Harris, Ludovic Halévy, Bronson Howard, Jonas Lie, Aurora Ljungstedt, Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Otto Pfleiderer, Anthony Winkler Prins, Maria Louise Ramé (known as Ouida), Evgeny Salias De Tournemire, Victorien Sardou, Susan Marr Spalding, Edmund Clarence Stedman, and Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov died in 1908 without having been nominated for the prize. Italian novelist Edmondo de Amicis died months before the announcement. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)1Julio Calcañonotes Calcaño: Tres poetas pesimistas del siglo XIX ("Three Pessimistic Nineteenth Century Poets", 1907) (1840–1918)Venezuelapoetry, literary criticism, novelJosé María Manrique (1846–1907)2Edmondo de Amicis (1846–1908)Kingdom of Italy Italynovel, short story, poetryArturo Graf (1848–1913) Francesco D'Ovidio (1849–1925)3Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846–1926)German Empire GermanyphilosophyVitalis Norström (1856–1916)4Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911)Kingdom of Italy Italynovel, poetry, short storyCarl David af Wirsén (1842–1912) Hans Hildebrand (1842–1913) Pehr von Ehrenheim (1823–1918) Harald Hjärne (1848–1922)5Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846–1935)German Empire Germanyessays, autobiographyHans Vaihinger (1852–1933)6Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924)Restoration (Spain) Spaindrama, poetry17 members of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona and a professor from the University of Barcelona7Alfred Hutchinsonnotes Hutchinson: The Limit of Wealth (1907)http://libris.kb.se/bib/8345517 Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1901–1950 Bo Svensén 2001 Svenska Akademien 978-91-1-301007-6 11 November 2020 (1859–1930)United States 1908law, essaysLuther Lamphere Wright (1856–1922)8Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) Swedennovel, short storyKarl Johan Warburg (1852–1918) Carl Gustaf Estlander (1834–1910) Johan Vising (1855–1942) Fredrik Wulff (1845–1930) Gottfrid Billing (1841–1925) Waldemar Rudin (1833–1921) Claes Annerstedt (1839–1927) Adolf Noreen (1854–1925)9John Morley (1838–1923)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britainbiography, literary criticism, essays12 members of The Incorporated Society of Authors10George Lansing Raymond (1839–1929)United States 1908essays, philosophyCharles Needham (1848–1935)11Georgios Sourisnotes Souris: Conseiller pour l'instruction publique La Canée, île de Crète ("National Education Advisers in Canée, the Island of Crete") (1853–1919)Kingdom of Greece Greecepoetry, songwritingname ineligible12Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britainpoetry, drama, literary criticism, novel25 members of The Incorporated Society of Authors13Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930)German Empire Germanyhistory, theologyLars Dahle (1843–1925)14Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912)Austria-Hungary(Czechoslovakia)poetry, drama, translationArnošt Kraus (1859–1943)15Joseph Viktor Widmann (1842–1911)Switzerlandnovel, short story, drama, literary criticism19 members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences16Theodor Zahn (1838–1933)German Empire Germanytheology, essaysLars Dahle (1843–1925) Prize decision For the 1908 prize, the main candidates were English poet Algernon Swinburne and the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf.Gustav Källstrand Andens Olympiska Spel: Nobelprisets historia, Fri Tanke 2021, p. 192 Nobel Committee chair Carl David af Wirsén was against Lagerlöf for her radical styles and campaigned for Swinburne. Being divided between Swinburne and Lagerlöf, the committee, as a compromise choice, launched the German philosopher Rudolf Eucken as an alternative candidate that could be agreed upon and a representative of the Academy's interpretation of Nobel's ideal direction.Wilhelm Odelberg, Nobel: The Man and His Prizes, p. 97. Reactions The choice of philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken as Nobel laureate in 1908 is widely considered to be one of the worst mistakes in the history of the Nobel Prize in Literature.Helmer Lång, 100 nobelpris i litteratur 1901–2001, Symposion 2001, pp. 25, 56. The Swedish Academy's handling of the prize decision was heavily criticized at the time. Burton Feldman, author of The Nobel Prize: A History of Geniuses Controversy, and Prestige describes Eucken as a laureate "so forgotten that even philosophers are usually surprised he was a philosopher."Burton Feldman, The Nobel Prize: A History of Geniuses Controversy, and Prestige, p. 52 While journalist Stuart Reid of The Atlantic describes him as "a deservedly forgotten philosopher who was never important."https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/12/nobel-quibbles/305471/ Nobel Quibbles: When it comes to the Nobel Prize, controversy and debate have always been the name of the game Stuart Reid December 2003 21 May 2021 The Atlantic Nobel lecture Eucken delivered a Nobel lecture entitled Naturalism or Idealism? on 27 March 1909 at Stockholm.Nobel lecture – Rudolf Eucken nobelprize.org Notes References External links Award ceremony speech by Harald Hjärne nobelprize.org 1908 Nobel