1944 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature Johannes V. Jensen Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1944/summary/ Johannes Vilhelm Jensen 1944.jpg "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style." 9 November 1944http://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 1945 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1943 Nobel Prize in Literature 1945 The 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Danish author Johannes V. Jensen "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style."https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1944/summary/ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1944 nobelprize.org He is the fourth Danish recipient of the literary prize. Laureate Johannes V. Jensen Jensens early works was in the fin-de-siècle pessimism style. He found his own voice as a writer with Himmerlandshistorier ("Himmerland Stories", 1898–1910), comprising a series of tales set in the part of Denmark where he was born. This was followed by the acclaimed historical novel The Fall of the King (1900-1901) centred on the Danish 16th century King Christian II. The novel series Den lange rejse ("The Long Journey", 1908–22), spanning the early history of humanity in six volumes with a focus on evolutionary theory, is regarded as Jensens greatest achievement. In addition to these books, Jensen wrote numerous prose works and essays and was also a prominent poet. His Digte ("Poems", 1906) is regarded as the start of modernist poetry in Denmark.Helmer Lång Hundra nobelpris i litteratur 1901-2001, Symposion 2001, p.157-160 Nominations Jensen had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on 53 occasions since 1925. He was nominated every year between 1931 and 1944. In 1942 the Nobel committee received seven nominations for Jensen, followed by two nominations in 1943 and two nominations in 1944.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1944/jensen/nominations/ Johannes V. Jensen - Nominations nobelprize.org In total, the Nobel committee received 24 nominations for 21 writers including Gabriela Mistral (awarded in 1945), Hermann Hesse (awarded in 1946), Enrique Larreta, Johan Huizinga, Georges Duhamel, John Steinbeck (awarded in 1962) and Paul Valéry. Four were newly nominated namely Abol-Gassem E’tessam Zadeh, Luis Nueda y Santiago, Charles Ferdinand Ramuz and Arnulf Øverland. Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício, Henriette Charasson, Elisaveta Bagryana and Gabriela Mistral were the only women nominated.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/list.php?prize=4&year=1944 Nomination archive April 2020 nobelprize.org The authors George Ade, Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, Marc Bloch, Max Brand, Édouard Bourdet, Joseph Campbell, Jean Cavaillès, Irvin S. Cobb, Olive Custance, Eugénio de Castro, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Enrique Díez Canedo, Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux, Edith Durham, Benjamin Fondane, Giovanni Gentile, Henri Ghéon, Jean Giraudoux, Philippe Henriot, Max Jacob, Napoleon Lapathiotis, Stephen Leacock, Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Kaj Munk, Robert Nichols, Augusta Peaux, Karel Poláček, Armand Praviel, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Miklós Radnóti, Jacques Roumain, Israel Joshua Singer, Ida Tarbell, Florence Trail, Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Margery Williams, and Harold Bell Wright died in 1944 without having been nominated for the prize. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)1Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991) Kingdom of Bulgaria Bulgariapoetry, translationStefan Mladenov (1880–1963)notes This nomination was originally sent in 1943 but was moved to the nomination list for 1944.2Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948) Soviet Union(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1937 Ukraine)philosophy, theologyAlf Nyman (1884–1968)3René Béhaine (1880–1966) Vichy France Francenovel, short story, essaysMaurice Mignon (1882–1962)4Edmund Blunden (1896–1974) United Kingdompoetry, essays, biography Heinrich Wolfgang Donner (1904-1980)5Henriette Charasson (1884–1972)Vichy France Francepoetry, essays, drama, novel, literary criticism, biographySerge Barrault (1887–1976) Pierre Moreau (1895–1972)6Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício (1884–1947) Estado Novo (Portugal) Portugalpoetry, essaysAntónio Baião (1878–1961)7Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952) Estado Novo (Portugal) PortugalpoetryJoão António Mascarenhas Júdice (1898–1957)8Georges Duhamel (1884–1966) Vichy France Francenovel, short story, poetry, drama, literary criticismHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)9Abolhassan E'tesami (1903–1978)Pahlavi Iran Irannovel, essaysIssa Sepahbodi (1896–)10Vilhelm Grønbech (1873–1948) Denmarkhistory, essays, poetrySven Lönborg (1871–1959)11Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) Allied-occupied Germany GermanySwitzerlandnovel, poetry, essays, short storyAnders Österling (1884–1981)12Johan Huizinga (1872–1945) NetherlandshistoryWillem van Eysinga (1878–1961)13Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950) Denmarknovel, short story, essaysHarry Fett (1875–1962) Carl Adolf Bodelsen (1894–1978)14Enrique Larreta (1875–1961) Argentinahistory, essays, drama, novelCarlos Obligado (1889–1949) Carlos Ibarguren (1877–1956)15Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) ChilepoetryHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)16Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958) United Kingdomdrama, novel, essays, poetrySigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970)17Luis Nueda y Santiago (1883–1952)Francoist Spain SpainessaysJulio Casares (1877–1964) 18Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968) Norwaypoetry, essaysRolv Thesen (1896–1966)19Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947) Switzerlandnovel, poetry, short storySigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970)20John Steinbeck (1902–1968) United States 1912novel, short story, screenplayErik Lönnroth (1910–2002)21Paul Valéry (1871–1945) Vichy France Francepoetry, philosophy, essays, dramaErnst Paulus Bendz (1880–1966) Prize decision Johannes V. Jensen had been nominated for the prize numerous times since 1925 and was considered by the Nobel committee as a strong contender since 1940. Committee chair Per Hallström opposed a prize to Jensen for his modernist tendencies that Hallström found "repulsive" and "brutal". Committee members Anders Österling and Sigfrid Siwertz advocated a prize to Jensen and eventually won support within the Swedish Academy to award him the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature. The New York Times reported that Anders Österling days before the announcement had revealed that Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck and Gabriela Mistral were among the contenders for the 1944 prize.Det litterära Nobelpriset : historien om världslitteraturens största utmärkelse Tenngart, Paul Kapitel 5: Mot moderniteten Albert Bonniers förlag 2025 Swedish Award ceremony On 10 December 1944 a luncheon was held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York in place of the customary ceremony in Stockholm. Per Hallström, chairman of the Nobel committee of the Swedish Academy, delivered a lecture on the Nobel Prize laureate in literature that was broadcast the same day. Unable to attend the 1944 award ceremony, Johannes V. Jensen received his prize at Stockholm on 10 December 1945.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1944/press-release/ Presentation nobelprize.org At the award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 1945 Anders Österling, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy said: This child of the dry and windy moors of Jutland has, almost out of spite, astonished his contemporaries by a remarkably prolific production. He could well be considered one of the most fertile Scandinavian writers. He has constructed a vast and imposing literary œuvre, comprising the most diverse genres: epic and lyric, imaginative and realistic works, as well as historical and philosophical essays, not to mention his scientific excursions in all directions.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1944/ceremony-speech/ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1944 Award Ceremony speech nobelprize.org Notes References External links Presentation Lecture by Per Hallström, chairman of the Nobel committee. Award ceremony speech by Anders Österling. Category:Nobel Prize in Literature by year Nobel Prize