1967 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature Miguel Ángel Asturias Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1967/summary/ 1967 laureate Miguel Angel Asturias.jpg "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America." 19 October 1967 (announcement) 10 December 1967 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature 1968 The 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974) "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America."The Nobel Prize in Literature 1967 nobelprize.org He is the first Guatemalan and the second Latin American author to receive the prize after the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral won in 1945.https://www.nytimes.com/1967/10/20/archives/guatemalan-author-of-antius-works-wins-nobel-prize-guatemalan-poet.html Guatemalan Author Of Anti-U.S. Works Wins Nobel Prize; GUATEMALAN POET WINS NOBEL PRIZE 20 October 1967 21 May 2021 New York Times Laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias Miguel Angel Asturias first book Leyendas de Guatemala ("Legends of Guatemala", 1930) is a compilation of stories originating from Mayan legends. His debut novel El Señor Presidente ("The President", 1946) was a brutal portrayal of a Latin American dictatorship in the early 20th century. He wrote a trilogy – The Banana Trilogy – about the rampage of the United Fruit Company in Guatemala in the 1950s, which included Viento Fuerte ("Strong Wind", 1950), El Papa Verde ("The Green Pope", 1954), and Los ojos de los enterrados ("The Eyes of the Interred", 1960). The works of Asturias are pervaded with social pathos and a potent language that fuses myth and reality, and are generally concerned with repression and injustice against the poor and the weak, both in Guatemala and the rest of Latin America. His other well-known works include Hombres de maíz ("Men of Maize", 1949) and Mulata de tal ("The Mulatta and Mr. Fly", 1963).Miguel Angel Asturias – Facts nobelprize.orgMiguel Ángel Asturias britannica.com Deliberations Nominations Miguel Ángel Asturias was first nominated in 1964 by Erik Lindegren, a member of the Swedish Academy, and became an annual nominee until 1967 when he was eventually awarded with the prize. He received 3 nominations in 1967 with a single joint nomination with Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges.Nomination archive – 1967 nobelprize.orgNomination by Henry Olsson for Asturias and Borges nobelprize.org In total, the Nobel Committee received 112 nominations for 69 writers including Samuel Beckett, Thornton Wilder, Lawrence Durrell, E. M. Forster, Georges Simenon, Ezra Pound, Robert Graves, André Malraux and J. R. R. Tolkien. Eighteen of the nominees were nominated first-time such as Ivan Drach, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Rabbe Enckell, Saul Bellow (awarded in 1976), Jorge Amado, György Lukács, Claude Simon (awarded in 1985), Pavlo Tychyna, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The highest number of nominations was for the Spanish writer José María Pemán with eight nominations from academics and literary critics. The oldest nominee was the Spanish philologist Ramón Menéndez Pidal (aged 98) and the youngest was Soviet-Ukrainian poet Ivan Drach (aged 31). Five of the nominees were women namely Katherine Anne Porter, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Lina Kostenko, Anna Seghers and Judith Wright.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/list.php?prize=4&year=1967 Nominations 1967 April 2020 nobelprize.org The authors Djamaluddin Adinegoro, Marcel Aymé, Samira Azzam, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Vladimir Bartol, Ion Buzdugan, Ilya Ehrenburg, Forough Farrokhzad, Sidney Bradshaw Fay, Hugo Gernsback, João Guimarães Rosa, Langston Hughes, Lajos Kassák, Patrick Kavanagh, Margaret Kennedy, José Martínez Ruiz, André Maurois, Carson McCullers, Christopher Okigbo, Dorothy Parker, Arthur Ransome, Elmer Rice, Georges Sadoul, Siegfried Sassoon, Alice B. Toklas, Jean Toomer, David Unaipon, Robert van Gulik, Adrienne von Speyr, and Vernon Watkins died in 1967 without having been nominated for the prize. The Ukrainian poet Pavlo Tychyna died months before the announcement. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)1Jorge Amado (1912–2001) Brazilnovel, short storyEarl William Thomas (1915–1981) Antônio Olinto (1919–2009) Fred Ellison (1922–2014) Sociedade Brasileira de Autores Teatrais Brazilian Writers Association2Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) Brazilpoetry, essaysGunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968)3Louis Aragon (1897–1982) Francenovel, short story, poetry, essaysCyrille Arnavon (1915–1978)4Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974) Guatemalanovel, short story, poetry, essays, dramaAndré Saint-Lu (1916–2009) Hans Hinterhäuser (1919–2005) Henry Olsson (1896–1985)5Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973)United KingdomUnited Statespoetry, essays, screenplayWalther Braune (1900–1989)6Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Irelandnovel, drama, poetrySiegbert Salomon Prawer (1925–2012) Barbara Hardy (1924–2016) Per-Olof Barck (1912–1978) William Stuart Maguinness (1903–1983) The Swedish PEN Club Nelly Sachs (1891–1970)7Saul Bellow (1915–2005)CanadaUnited Statesnovel, short story, memoir, essaysPEN Centre Germany8Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentinapoetry, essays, translation, short storyHenry Olsson (1896–1985) Raimundo Lida (1908–1979) Gustaf Fredén (1898–1987)9Emil Boyson (1897–1979) Norwaypoetry, novel, translation Asbjørn Aarnes (1923–2013)10Arturo Capdevila (1889–1967)Argentinapoetry, drama, novel, short story, essays, historyRodolfo Maria Ragucci (1887–1973) Pedro Miguel Obligado (1892–1967) Edmundo Correas (1901–1991)11Josep Carner (1884–1970) Francoist Spain Spainpoetry, drama, translationJordi Rubió (1887–1982) Marie-Jeanne Durry (1901–1980)12Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980) Cubanovel, short story, essaysLars Gyllensten (1921–2006)13René Char (1907–1988) FrancepoetryGeorges Blin (1917–2015)14Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892–1997) Pahlavi Iran Iranshort story, translationEhsan Yarshater (1920–2018)15Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) United Kingdomnovel, short story, poetry, drama, essaysHarald Patzer (1910–2005)16Rabbe Enckell (1903–1974) Finlandshort story, poetryKauko Aatos Ojala (1919–1987)17Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–2022)West Germanypoetry, essays, translationWolfgang Baumgart (1949–2011)18Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970) United Kingdomnovel, short story, drama, essays, biography, literary criticismAlbrecht Dihle (1923–2020)19Max Frisch (1911–1991) Switzerlandnovel, dramaJohn Stephenson Spink (1909–1985) Heinrich Matthias Heinrichs (1911–1983)20Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969) Venezuelanovel, short storyLars Gyllensten (1921–2006)21Jean Genet (1910–1986)Francenovel, autobiography, drama, screenplay, poetry, essaysKarl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982)22Jean Giono (1895–1970) Francenovel, short story, essays, poetry, dramaHenri Peyre (1901–1988) Louis Moulinier (1904–1971)23Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969) Polish People's Republic Polandshort story, novel, dramaHenry Olsson (1896–1985)24Robert Graves (1895–1985) United Kingdomhistory, novel, poetry, literary criticism, essaysJohn Wintour Baldwin Barns (1912–1974)25Graham Greene (1904–1991) United Kingdomnovel, short story, autobiography, essaysKarl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982)26Lawrence Sargent Hall (1915–1993)United Statesnovel, short story, essaysRobert Brumbaugh (1918–1992)27Taha Hussein (1889–1973) United Arab Republic Egyptnovel, short story, poetry, translationJussi Aro (1928–1983)28Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)Socialist Republic of Romania RomaniaFrancedrama, essaysKarl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982)29Ernst Jünger (1895–1998) West Germanyphilosophy, novel, memoir Rudolf Till (1911–1979)30Friedrich Georg Jünger (1898–1977)West Germanypoetry, essays, novel, dramaFritz Schalk (1902–1980)31Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974)West Germanynovel, short story, essays, dramaHermann Tiemann (1899–1981)32Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) Japannovel, short storyHoward Hibbett (1920–2019)33Basij Khalkhali (1918–1995)Pahlavi Iran IranpoetrySadeq Rezazadeh Shafaq (1892–1971)34Väinö Linna (1920–1992) FinlandnovelLars Huldén (1926–2016)35György Lukács (1885–1971)Hungarian People's Republic Hungaryphilosophy, literary criticismErik Lindegren (1910–1968)36Karl Löwith (1897–1973) West GermanyphilosophyFranz Dirlmeier (1904–1977)37André Malraux (1901–1976) Francenovel, essays, literary criticismHenri Peyre (1901–1988) Henry Caraway Hatfield (1912–1995) Claude Digeon (1920–2008) John Martin Cocking (1914–1986) François Chamoux (1915–2007)38Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968) Francoist Spain Spainphilology, historyGunnar Tilander (1894–1973) Marcel Bataillon (1895–1977)39Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) Japannovel, short story, drama, literary criticismHarry Martinson (1904–1978)40Eugenio Montale (1896–1981) Italypoetry, translationUberto Limentani (1913–1989)41Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972) Franceessays, novel, dramaPierre Grimal (1912–1996)42Alberto Moravia (1907–1990) Italynovel, literary criticism, essays, dramaGustaf Fredén (1898–1987)43Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) ChilepoetryAndré Saint-Lu (1916–2009)44Junzaburō Nishiwaki (1894–1982) Japanpoetry, literary criticismNaoshirō Tsuji (1899–1979)45Germán Pardo García (1902–1991)ColombiaMexicopoetryJames Willis Robb (1918–2010)46Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968) Soviet Unionnovel, poetry, dramaEyvind Johnson (1900–1976)47José María Pemán (1897–1981) Francoist Spain Spainpoetry, drama, novel, essays, screenplayMarcel Baiche (1920–2003) Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914–2013) Robert Ricard (1900–1984) José Sánchez Lasso de la Vega (1928–1996) Rafael Lapesa Melgar (1908–2001) Pierre Jobit (1892–1972) Manuel Halcón y Villalón-Daoíz (1900–1989) Sociedad General de Autores y Editores48André Pézard (1893–1984)Francetranslation, essaysWilhelm Theodor Elwert (1906–1997)49Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) United Statesshort story, essaysCleanth Brooks (1906–1994)50Ezra Pound (1885–1972) United Statespoetry, essaysHildebrecht Hommel (1899–1986) Berta Moritz-Siebeck (1912–1989)51Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Rahnamā (1894–1990)Pahlavi Iran Iranhistory, essays, translationThe Iranian PEN Club52Anna Seghers (1900–1983) East Germanynovel, short storyAkademie der Künste der DDR53Georges Simenon (1903–1989)Belgiumnovel, short story, memoirJustin O'Brien (1906–1968)54Claude Simon (1913–2005) Francenovel, essaysErik Lindegren (1910–1968)55Charles Percy Snow (1905–1980) United Kingdomnovel, essaysFriedrich Schubel (1904–1991)56John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) United Kingdomnovel, short story, poetry, philology, essays, literary criticismGösta Holm (1916–2011)57Pavlo Tychyna (1891–1967)Soviet Unionpoetry, translationOmeljan Pritsak (1919–2006)58Ivan Drach (1936–2018) Soviet Unionpoetry, literary criticism, drama59Lina Kostenko (1930–)Soviet Unionpoetry, novel60Pietro Ubaldi (1886–1972) Italyphilosophy, essaysAcademia Santista de Letras61Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)United Statesnovel, poetry, essays, literary criticismFranz Link (1924–2001)62Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970) Norwaypoetry, novelCarl-Eric Thors (1920–1986) Sigmund Skard (1903–1995) Johannes Andreasson Dale (1898–1975) Norwegian Authors' Union63Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971) Netherlandsnovel, poetry, essays, translationGerhard Cordes (1908–1985) Pierre Brachin (1914–2004) The Dutch PEN-Club Netherlands Writers Association64Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) United Statesdrama, novel, short storyHildebrecht Hommel (1899–1986) Frederick Albert Pottle (1897–1987) Stuart Pratt Atkins (1914–2000)65Edmund Wilson (1895–1972) United Statesessays, literary criticism, short story, dramaWiktor Weintraub (1908–1988) Morton Wilfred Bloomfield (1913–1987)66Judith Wright (1915–2000) Australiapoetry, literary criticism, novel, essaysMary Durack (1913–1994) Colin James Horne (1939–1999) Greta Hort (1903–1967) Torsten Dahl (1897–1968)67Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977) West Germanydrama, screenplayGünther Jachmann (1887–1979) Walter Hinck (1922–2015)68Arnold Zweig (1887–1968) East Germanynovel, short storyAkademie der Künste der DDR69Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968) Norwaypoetry, essaysEyvind Johnson (1900–1976) Prize decision Asturias was shortlisted along with Jorge Luis Borges, Graham Greene, W.H. Auden and Yasunari Kawabata (awarded in 1968). Anders Österling, chairman of the Swedish Academy's Nobel committee, favored Graham Greene whom he described as "an accomplished observer whose experience encompasses a global diversity of external environments, and above all the mysterious aspects of the inner world, human conscience, anxiety and nightmares", Österling's second proposal was Kawabata, and Auden his third. An opposing group in the committee including Eyvind Johnson, Erik Lindegren and Henry Olsson did not agree with Österling and presented an alternative proposal with a shared prize to Asturias and Borges as their first proposal, Auden their second and Kawabata their third proposal. The fifth member of the committee, Karl Ragnar Gierow, gave the oppositions proposal his support by proposing Asturias/Borges, Auden and Kawabata in no particular order. Ultimately a shared prize was rejected and Asturias alone was awarded.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/08/nobel-archives-show-graham-greene-might-have-won-1967-prize Nobel archives show Graham Greene might have won 1967 prize 8 January 2018 21 May 2021 The Guardian Alison Flood Despite Asturias winning the prize, Österling regarded him as a writer "too narrowly limited in his revolutionary subject world" and Borges as "too exclusive or artificial in his ingenious miniature art".https://www.svd.se/hemliga-dokument-borges-ratades-for-bortglomd-forfattare Hemliga dokument visar kampen om Nobelpriset Svenska Dagbladet Kaj Schueler January 2018 Swedish Reactions Largely unknown outside of the Spanish American literary world, Asturias was a surprise choice to many contemporary commentators who noted that there were other Spanish language authors more deserving of the Nobel prize.Miguel Angel Asturias and the Nobel Prize Mead, Robert G. Hispania vol.51 no.2 May 1968 338517 https://www.jstor.org/stable/338517 Award ceremony speech At the award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 1967, Anders Österling, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy said: This year the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Guatemalan writer Miguel Angel Asturias, a prominent representative of the modern literature of Latin America, in which such interesting developments are now taking place. Born in 1899 in the capital of Guatemala, Asturias became imbued, even as a child, with the characteristically Guatemalan love of nature and of the mythical world. He devoted to this native heritage, and to its libertarian spirit, a fervour which was to dominate his whole literary production. (...) Latin America today can boast an active group of prominent writers, a multivoiced chorus in which individual contributions are not readily discernible. Asturias’s work is nevertheless vast, bold, and outstanding enough to arouse interest outside of his own literary milieu, beyond a geographically limited area situated far away from us.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1967/ceremony-speech/ Award ceremony speech nobelprize.org Nobel lecture Miguel Angel Asturias delivered his Nobel lecture entitled The Latin American Novel Testimony of an Epoch on 12 December 1967.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1967/asturias/lecture/ Miguel Angel Asturias Nobel Lecture nobelprize.org In it he spoke about the tradition and characteristics of the Latin American novel, and stated: We, the Latin American novelists of today, working within the tradition of engagement with our peoples which has enabled our great literature to develop – our poetry of substance – also have to reclaim lands for our dispossessed, mines for our exploited workers, to raise demands in favour of the masses who perish in the plantations, who are scorched by the sun in the banana fields, who turn into human bagasse in the sugar refineries. It is for this reason that – for me – the authentic Latin American novel is the call for all these things, it is the cry that echoes down the centuries and is pronounced in thousands of pages. References External links Ceremony speech by Anders Österling nobelprize.org Miguel Angel Asturias Nobel lecture nobelprize.org 1967 Documentary nobelprize.org 1967 Nobel