1918 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1918 Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1918/summary/ Nobel Prize.png 14 November 1918notes The Swedish Academy decided on 14th November 1918 that this year's Nobel Prize in Literature would be reserved for the following year.http://libris.kb.se/bib/8345517 Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1901–1950 Bo Svensén 2001 Svenska Akademien 9789113010076 1 November 2025 (postponement) 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature 1919 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.https://theconversation.com/nobel-literature-row-usually-it-takes-a-world-war-to-disrupt-the-prize-96146 Nobel literature row: usually it takes a world war to disrupt the prize The Conversation 4 May 2018 21 May 2021 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) Finlandnovel, short storyYrjö Hirn (1870–1952) Finnish Literature Society Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters2Henri Bergson (1859–1941) French Third Republic Francephilosophy20px Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940)3Georg Brandes (1842–1927) Danish Realm Denmarkliterary criticism, essaysYrjö Hirn (1870–1952)4Otokar Březina (1868–1929) Austria-Hungary(Czechoslovakia)poetry, essays Arne Novák (1880–1939)5Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) Kingdom of Italy Italynovel, short story, essaysCarl Bildt (1850–1931) Ferdinando Martini (1840–1928)6Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945)German Empire Germanynovel, dramaBengt Hesselman (1875–1952)7Adolf Frey (1855–1920) Switzerlandbiography, history, essaysWilhelm Oechsli (1851–1919)8Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)Russian Empire Russianovel, short story, drama, memoir, autobiography, essays, poetryBengt Hesselman (1875–1952)9Bertel Gripenberg (1878–1947)FinlandSwedenpoetry, drama, essaysHarald Hjärne (1848–1922)10Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924) Restoration (Spain) Spaindrama, poetryFredrik Wulff (1845–1930)11Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889–1975)Kingdom of Iceland Icelandnovel, short story, poetryAdolf Noreen (1854–1925)12Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)Norwaynovel, short story, drama, poetry, essaysHarry Fett (1875–1962)13Alois Jirásek (1851–1930)Austria-Hungary(Czechoslovakia)novel, dramaCzech Academy of Sciences14Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1884–1931) SwedenpoetryFrits Läffler (1847–1921)15Peter Rosegger (1843–1918)Austria-Hungarypoetry, essaysKarl Alfred Melin (1849–1919)16Carl Spitteler (1845–1924) Switzerlandpoetry, essaysJonas Fränkel (1879–1965) Karl Alfred Melin (1849–1919) Wilhelm Oechsli (1851–1919)17William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Irelandpoetry, drama, essaysPer Hallström (1866–1960) Notes References 1918 Category:Cultural history of World War I Nobel