1922 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature Jacinto Benavente Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1922/summary/ Jacinto Benavente y Martinez.jpg "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama" 9 November 1922http://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 1922 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 The 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Spanish dramatist Jacinto BenaventePrize Winner for Spain https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/06/20/118331056.pdf October 27, 2023 The New York Times June 20, 1920 (1866–1954) "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".The Nobel Prize in Literature 1922 nobelprize.org Laureate Jacinto Benavente Jacinto Benavente y Martinez is considered to be one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He stood out as a dramatist in his day by letting aesthetics and dramatic effects take a backseat to a realistic depiction of reality beyond the theater. The majority of his plays are comedies in the sense that they have a pleasant conclusion, and he worked hard to depict reality realistically. In his plays, which were set in Madrid or the made-up little town of Moraleda, primarily upper-class environments were portrayed alongside various social groupings, frequently in a lighthearted and satirical manner. His other famous plays include El nido ajeno (1894), Los intereses creados (1907), La malquerida (1913), Lecciones de buen amor (1924), etc.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacinto-Benavente-y-Martinez Jacinto Benavente britannica.com Nominations Jacinto Benavente was first nominated in 1921 by 21 members of the Royal Spanish Academy, and again the following year by the Nobel committee.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=845 Nomination archive Jacinto Benavente 21 May 2024 nobelprize.org In total, the committee received 30 nominations for 22 authors which included Georg Brandes, Grazia Deledda (awarded in 1926), John Galsworthy (awarded in 1932).Thomas Hardy, Arno Holz, Wladyslaw Reymont (awarded in 1924), W. B. Yeats (awarded in 1923), and Stefan Zeromski. Ten of the nominees were newly nominated such as Roberto Bracco, Paul Ernst, Darrell Figgis, William Inge, Michael Sadleir, Matilde Serao, Sigrid Undset (awarded in 1928), Ludwig von Pastor, Israel Zangwill. There were three female writers nominated: two from Italy (Grazia Deledda and Matilde Serao) and one from Norway (Sigrid Undset).https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/list.php?prize=4&year=1922 Nomination archive - Literature 1922 21 May 2024 nobelprize.org The authors Lyman Abbott, Lima Barreto, Clementina Black, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Gerard Bolland, Elizabeth Williams Champney, Erskine Childers, Alfred Espinas, Nellie Blessing Eyster, Géza Gárdonyi, Constance Jones, Velimir Khlebnikov, Henry Lawson, Alice Meynell, Renzo Novatore, Mori Ōgai, Marcel Proust, Gabriel Séailles, George Robert Sims, Georges Sorel, Giovanni Verga died in 1922 without having been nominated for the prize. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s) 1 Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954) Restoration (Spain) Spain drama Nobel Committee 2 Roberto Bracco (1861–1943) Italy drama, screenplay Kristoffer Nyrop (1858–1931) Haakon Shetelig (1877–1955) 3 Georg Brandes (1842–1927) Denmark literary criticism, essays Aage Friis (1870–1949) 20px Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940) 20px Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) Harry Fett (1875–1962) 4 Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) Kingdom of Italy Italy novel, short story, essays Carl Bildt (1850–1931) 5 Paul Ernst (1866–1933) Weimar Republic Germany novel, short story, drama, essays Paul Natorp (1854–1924) 6 Darrell Figgis (1882–1925) Irish Free State Ireland poetry, novel, essays Thomas Rudmose-Brown (1878–1942) 7 John Galsworthy (1867–1933) United Kingdom novel, drama, essays, short story, memoir Nobel Committee 8 Bertel Gripenberg (1878–1947) Finland poetry, drama, essays Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931) 9 Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924) Restoration (Spain) Spain drama, poetry Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona 10 Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889–1975) Iceland novel, short story, poetry Adolf Noreen (1854–1925) 11 Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) United Kingdom novel, short story, poetry, drama Karl Sundén (1868–1945) Eilert Ekwall (1877–1964) Robert Eugen Zachrisson (1880–1937) 12 Arno Holz (1863–1929) Weimar Republic Germany poetry, drama, essays 39 professors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia 13 William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) United Kingdom theology, essays Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931) 14 Władysław Reymont (1867–1925) Second Polish Republic Poland novel, short story Nobel Committee 15 Michael Sadleir (1888–1957) United Kingdom novel, essays Nobel Committee 16 Matilde Serao (1856–1927) Kingdom of Italy Italy novel, essays Roberto de Ruggiero (1875–1934) Francesco Torraca (1853–1938) 17 Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) Norway novel, memoir, essays Frederik Poulsen (1876–1950) 18 Georg von Below (1858–1927) Weimar Republic Germany history, essays Hermann Bächtold (1882–1934) 19 Ludwig von Pastor (1854–1928) Weimar Republic Germany history Christian Hülsen (1858–1935) Olof Kolsrud (1885–1945) 20 William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish Free State Ireland poetry, drama, essays Nobel Committee 21 Israel Zangwill (1864–1926) United Kingdom novel, drama, translation Adolf Noreen (1854–1925) 22 Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925) Poland novel, drama, short story Nobel Committee Prize decision The main contenders for the prize in 1922 were Benavente and the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The Nobel committee considered them to be equally worthy of the prize, but noted that "we would not easily receive from southern Romance countries a proposal that is so likely to appeal to us upon thorough reflection, as is the case with this most prominent contemporary dramatic author of Spain. It is primarily with this in mind and the soon to be worrying gaps in the geographical distribution of the Nobel Prize that the committee, in the difficult choice between two poets as different and only comparable in literary value as Yeats and Benavente, has this year given preference to the latter."Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1920-1950 1922 Svensén, Bo Svenska Akademien 2001 https://www.kulturdelen.com/2012/12/11/yeats-och-nobelpriset/ Yeats och Nobelpriset Alan Asaid 11 December 2012 kulturdelen.com Swedish Yeats was awarded the prize the following year. Other shortlisted candidates considered for the 1922 prize included Grazia Deledda (subsequently awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature), John Galsworthy (awarded in 1932), Thomas Hardy and Paul Ernst. On 9 November 1922, the Swedish Academy decided that that year's Nobel Prize in Literature should be awarded to Jacinto Benavente "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama". References 1922 Nobel