1924 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature Wladyslaw Reymont Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1924/summary/ File:Wladyslaw Reymont 1924.jpg "for his great national epic, The Peasants" 13 November 1924http://libris.kb.se/bib/8345517 Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1901–1950 Bo Svensén 2001 Svenska Akademien 9789113010076 1 November 2025 (announcement) 10 December 1924 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature 1925 The 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Polish author Wladyslaw Reymont (1867–1925) "for his great national epic, The Peasants".The Nobel Prize in Literature 1924 nobelprize.org He was the second Polish recipient of the literature prize after Henryk Sienkiewicz. Laureate Wladyslaw Reymont Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont (1867–1925) wrote novels and short stories that was strongly influenced by naturalism. He is best known for Chłopi ("The Peasants", 1904–1909), a novel in four volumes that chronicles peasant life in Poland during the four seasons of the year, for which he specifically was awarded the Nobel prize. An earlier success was the novel Ziemia obiecana ("The Promised Land", 1899), which tells the story of three close friends and ruthless young industrialists: a Pole, a German and a Jew, struggling to build their own factory in the heartless world of the late 19th century labor exploitation.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wladyslaw-Reymont Wladislaw Stanislaw Reymont britannica.com His other well known works include Pielgrzymka do Jasnej Góry ("A Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra", 1895) and Bunt ("The Revolt", 1924) Nominations Wladislaw Reymont was first nominated in 1919 by the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was followed in 1920, 1922 and 1924 wherein he was recommended by Nobel Committee members.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=7684 Nomination archive - Wladislaw S Reymont 21 May 2024 nobelprize.org In total, the committee received 22 nominations for 18 authors which included Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Guglielmo Ferrero (who earned the three nominations - the highest), Thomas Hardy, Paul Ernst, Stefan Żeromski, Roberto Bracco, Paul Sabatier, George Bernard Shaw (awarded in 1925), . Three of the nominees were newly nominated: Thomas Mann (awarded in 1929), Max Neuburger and Olav Duun. There were two female nominees namely the Italian novelists Grazia Deledda (awarded in 1926) and Matilde Serao.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/list.php?prize=4&year=1924 Nomination archive - Literature 1924 21 May 2024 nobelprize.org The authors Marie-Louise-Félicité Angers (known as Laure Conan), Valery Bryusov, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Joseph Conrad, Jacob Israël de Haan, Herman Heijermans, Franz Kafka, Arnold H. S. Landor, Laura Jean Libbey, Lin Shu, Mary Mackay (known as Marie Corelli), Paul Milliet, Edith Nesbit and Gene Stratton-Porter died in 1924 without having been nominated. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s) 1 Roberto Bracco (1861–1943) Kingdom of Italy Italy drama, screenplay Kristoffer Nyrop (1858–1931) Haakon Shetelig (1877–1955) 2 Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) Kingdom of Italy Italy novel, short story, essays Carl Bildt (1850–1931) 3 Olav Duun (1876–1939) Norway novel, short story Oscar Albert Johnsen (1876–1954) 4 Paul Ernst (1866–1933) Weimar Republic Germany novel, short story, drama, essays Professorsnotes Paul Ernst was nominated by professors from Munich, Berlin, Chemnitz and Bonn in Germany, as well as Zürich, Switzerland, and Budapest, Hungary. 5 Guglielmo Ferrero (1871–1942) Kingdom of Italy Italy history, essays, novel Professors in Geneva Professors in Neuchâtel Gaetano Mosca (1858–1941) Gaetano Salvemini (1873–1957) Niccolò Rodolico (1873–1969) Antonio de Viti de Marco (1858–1943) 6 Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) United Kingdom novel, short story, poetry, drama Robert Eugen Zachrisson (1880–1937) 7 Arno Holz (1863–1929) Weimar Republic Germany poetry, drama, essays Eugen Wolf (1850–1912) 8 Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938) Iceland novel, poetry, drama, essays Valtýr Guðmundsson (1860–1928) 9 Thomas Mann (1875–1955) Weimar Republic Germany novel, short story, drama, essays 20px Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946) 10 Max Neuburger (1868–1955) Austria history, essays Adolf Fonahn (1873–1940)11Władysław Reymont (1867–1925)Second Polish Republic Polandnovel, short storyAnders Österling (1884–1981) 12 Paul Sabatier (1858–1928) French Third Republic France history, theology, biography Carl Bildt (1850–1931) 13 Matilde Serao (1856–1927) Kingdom of Italy Italy novel, essays Francesco Torraca (1853–1938) 14 George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Ireland drama, essays, novel Tor Hedberg (1862–1931) 15 Hermann Türck (1856–1933) Weimar Republic Germany essays, biography Rudolf Unger (1876–1942) Wolfgang Golther (1863–1945) 16 Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929) Austria novel, poetry, drama, essays Walther Brecht (1876–1950) 17 Ludwig von Pastor (1854–1928) Weimar Republic Germany history Olof Kolsrud (1885–1945) 18 Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925) Second Polish Republic Poland novel, drama, short story Richard Ekblom (1874–1959) Prize decicion In their report to the Swedish Academy dated 1 September 1924, the Nobel committee proposed that the Nobel Prize for 1924 should be awarded to Polish author Wladislaw Reymont for his novel The Peasants, noting that "Reymont's The Peasants is a book of power and richness that is quite rare in all of recent novel literature, a true prose epic that not only has a high degree of national typicality, but through a large and simple presentation in verse of the living and to some extent soulful earth and the earth's closest children, it reaches traits typical of an entire class of people, and indeed of general human interest."Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1920-1950 1924 Svensén, Bo Svenska Akademien 2001 Committee member Henrik Schück did not agree with the majority of the committee and advocated a prize to the Sardinian-Italian author Grazia Deledda (subsequently awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature), arguing "I certainly do not want to insist on the provision in Nobel's will that the prize-winning work should be "the most excellent in an ideal direction". By emphasizing this too much, one would certainly exclude many of the most excellent works of world literature. But if one has to choose between two, both of which are, in their own way, of excellent merit, one cannot fail to take into account the donor's purpose. He intended works of literature that would make the reader stronger, happier, more prepared for the work in the service of humanity that he wanted to promote. I have always experienced such a feeling after reading Deledda's novels. But after studying Reymont's I have rather felt depressed, despite all recognition of the author's great talent." On 13 November 1924, the Swedish Academy decided that that year's Nobel Prize in Literature should be awarded to Wladyslaw Reymont "for his great national epic, The Peasants". Notes Presentation As no official award ceremony took place, Per Hallström, chairman of the Nobel committee of the Swedish Academy, wrote a critical essay on Reymont in lieu of a presentation speech. In it he concluded: To sum up, this epic novel is characterized by an art so grand, so sure, so powerful, that we may predict a lasting value and rank for it, not only within Polish literature but also within the whole of that branch of imaginative writing which has here been given a distinctive and monumental shape.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1924/press-release/ Presentation nobelprize.org References External links Presentation A critical essay by Per Hallström, chairman of the Nobel committee of the Swedish Academy 1924 Nobel