1941 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1941 Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1941/summary/ Nobel Prize.png 1940 Nobel Prize in Literature 1942 The 1941 Nobel Prize in Literature was not awarded due to the ongoing Second World War that started on September 1, 1939.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 Instead, the prize money was allocated with 1/3 to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1941 nobelprize.org This was the fifth occasion in Nobel history that the prize was not conferred. Nominations Despite no author(s) being awarded the 1940 prize due to the ongoing Second World War, a number of literary critics, societies and academics continued sending nominations to the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy, hoping that their nominated candidate may be considered for the prize. In total, the academy received 21 nominations for 15 writers.Nomination archive – 1941 nobelprize.org Three of the nominees were nominated first-time namely Manoel Wanderley, Ruth Comfort Young, and Branislav Petronijević. The highest number of the nominations – three nominations – was for the Danish author Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, who was awarded in 1944. Four of the nominees were women namely Gabriela Mistral (awarded in 1945), Henriette Charasson, Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício, and Ruth Comfort Young. The authors Alexander Afinogenov, Sherwood Anderson, Oskar Baum, Mihály Babits, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Karin Boye, Robert Byron, José de la Cuadra, Penelope Delta, William Arthur Dunkerley, James Joyce, Émile Nelligan, Banjo Paterson, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Norberto Romualdez, Hasegawa Shigure, Gertrude Eileen Trevelyan, Marina Tsvetaeva, Evelyn Underhill, Elizabeth von Arnim, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Virginia Woolf, and May Ziadeh died in 1941 without having been nominated for the prize. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)1René Béhaine (1880–1966) Vichy France Francenovel, short story, essaysFrançois Dumas (1861–1948)2Edmund Blunden (1896–1974) United Kingdompoetry, essays, biographyHeinrich Wolfgang Donner (1904–1980)3Henriette Charasson (1884–1972) Vichy France Francepoetry, essays, drama, novel, literary criticism, biographyJacques Chevalier (1882–1962)4Paul Claudel (1868–1955) Vichy France Francepoetry, drama, essays, memoirPeter Hjalmar Rokseth (1891–1945)5Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício (1884–1947) Estado Novo (Portugal) Portugalpoetry, essaysAntónio Baião (1878–1961)6Vilhelm Ekelund (1880–1949)Swedenpoetry, essaysHans Larsson (1862–1944) Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974)7Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) Nazi Germany Norwaynovel, short story, essaysRichard Beck (1897–1980)8Vilhelm Grønbech (1873–1948) Nazi Germany Denmarkhistory, essays, poetrySven Lönborg (1871–1959)9Johan Huizinga (1872–1945) Nazi Germany NetherlandshistoryHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) Willem van Eysinga (1878–1961)10Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950) Nazi Germany Denmarknovel, short story, essaysVilhelm Cederschiöld (1882–1959) Frederik Poulsen (1876–1950) Carl Adolf Bodelsen (1894–1978)11Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) ChilepoetryHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)12Branislav Petronijević (1875–1954)Nazi Germany SerbiaphilosophyVladeta Popović (1894–1951) Marko Car (1859–1953)13Felix Timmermans (1886–1947) Nazi Germany Belgiumnovel, short story, drama, poetry, essaysHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)14Manoel Cyrillo Wanderley (–)September 2025Vargas Era Brazilpoetry, essays Francisco de Aquino Correa (1885–1956)15Ruth Comfort Young (1882–1954)United States 1912drama, screenplay, novel, short story, poetryBenjamin Biesel (1890–1979) Victor Bennett (–)September 2025 Prize decision In their deliberations on the nominated candidates for the 1941 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee considered Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, Danish author Johannes V. Jensen, Dutch historian Johan Huizinga and Flemish Felix Timmermans, but none of them received a majority of support. Committee member Hjalmar Hammarskjöld proposed that the 1941 Nobel Prize in Literature should be awarded to Gabriela Mistral, but no prize was awarded that year.Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1920-1950 1941 Svensén, Bo Svenska Akademien 2001 Subsequently, Johannes V. Jensen was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature and Gabriela Mistral awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature. References 1941 Category:Cultural history of World War II Nobel