1947 Nobel Prize in Literature

20px 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature André Gide Swedish Academy 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1947/summary/ André Gide 1947.jpg "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight" 13 November 1947http://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 1947 (ceremony) Stockholm, Sweden 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature 1948 The 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the French author André Gide (1869–1951) "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight".https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1947/summary/ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947 nobelprize.orghttps://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/14/archives/gide-gets-nobel-literature-prize-britons-win-in-physics-chemistry.html Gide Gets Nobel Literature Prize 14 November 1947 New York Times Laureate André Gide André Gide's early works such as the prose poem Les nourritures terrestres ("Fruits of the Earth", 1897) were influenced by French symbolism. Later notable works include The L'Immoraliste ("The Immoralist", 1902), La Porte Étroite ("Strait is the Gate", 1907) and La Symphonie pastorale ("The Pastoral Symphony", 1919). The autobiographical Si le grain ne meurt ("If It Die...", 1924) is regarded as one of the great works of confessional literature. In 1926, his most complex novel Les faux-monnayeurs ("The Counterfeiters") was published.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andre-Gide André Gide britannica.com Deliberations Nominations André Gide had only been nominated for the prize once before in 1946.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=3426 Nomination archive - André Gide 21 May 2024 nobelprize.org In 1947, the Nobel committee received 43 nominations for 35 writers including T. S. Eliot (awarded in 1948), Boris Pasternak (awarded in 1958), Teixeira de Pascoaes, Jules Romains, Angelos Sikelianos, Carl Sandburg, Georges Duhamel, Ignazio Silone, Benedetto Croce, Ramon Perez de Ayala, Arnulf Øverland, Johan Falkberget and Marie Under. Eleven were nominated first-time such as Pär Lagerkvist (awarded in 1951), Ernest Hemingway (awarded in 1954), Mikhail Sholokov (awarded in 1965), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (awarded in 1966), Toyohiko Kagawa, Georgios Drossinis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Bernard O'Dowd and André Malraux. Most nominations were submitted for Henriette Charasson and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz with three nominations each. Four were female nominees namely Henriette Charasson, Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício, Maila Talvio and Marie Under.https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/list.php?prize=4&year=1947 Nomination archive – 1947 April 2020 nobelprize.org The authors James Agate, Marie Belloc Lowndes, J. D. Beresford, Tristan Bernard, Jean-Richard Bloch, Svend Borberg, Wolfgang Borchert, Margaret Cameron, Emilio Carrere, Willa Cather, Sigurd Christiansen, Winston Churchill, Morris Raphael Cohen, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Max Dessoir, Léon-Paul Fargue, Joaquín Gallegos Lara, Edith Maud Hull, Richard Le Gallienne, William Le Queux, Gurli Linder, Hugh Lofting, Manuel Machado, Arthur Machen, Emma Orczy, Nicholas Roerich, Margaret Marshall Saunders, Balys Sruoga, Flora Thompson, E. C. Vivian, Swami Vipulananda and Alfred North Whitehead died in 1947 without having been nominated for the prize. Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)1Mark Aldanov (1886–1957) Soviet Union(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1937 Ukraine)French Fourth Republic Francebiography, novel, essays, literary criticism20px Ivan Bunin (1870–1953)2Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887–1970) Mandatory Palestinenovel, short storyHugo Bergmann (1883–1975)3Sholem Asch (1880–1957)Polish People's Republic PolandUnited States 1912novel, short story, drama, essaysWalter Arthur Berendsohn (1884–1984)4Eugène Baie (1874–1964) Belgiumlaw, essays20px Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)5Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948) Soviet Union(Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1937 Ukraine)philosophy, theology Alf Nyman (1884–1968)6Henriette Charasson (1884–1972) French Fourth Republic Francepoetry, essays, drama, novel, literary criticism, biographySerge Barrault (1887–1976) Pierre Fernessole (1879–1965) Pierre Moreau (1895–1972)7Benedetto Croce (1866–1952) Italyhistory, philosophy, lawBernardino Barbadoro (1889–1961)8Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício (1884–1947) Estado Novo (Portugal) Portugalpoetry, essaysAntónio Baião (1878–1961)9Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952) Estado Novo (Portugal) PortugalpoetryJoão António Mascarenhas Júdice (1898–1957)10Georgios Drossinis (1859–1951)Kingdom of Greece Greecepoetry, novel, short storyGeōrgios Oikonomos (1882–1951) Phaidōn Koukoules (1881–1956) Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966)notes xeno Several other members of the Academy of Athens joined in the nomination.11Georges Duhamel (1884–1966) French Fourth Republic Francenovel, short story, poetry, drama, literary criticismDenis Saurat (1890–1958) Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)12Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965) United States 1912United Kingdompoetry, essays, dramaGustaf Hellström (1882–1953)13Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) Norwaynovel, short story, essaysEivind Berggrav (1884–1959) Harry Fett (1875–1962)14André Gide (1869–1951) French Fourth Republic Francenovel, short story, poetry, drama, memoir, essaysLorentz Eckhoff (1884–1974)15Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) United States 1912novel, short story, screenplayHjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961)16Toyohiko Kagawa (1888–1960) Empire of Japan JapanessaysKnut Westman (1881–1967)17Horace Kallen (1882–1974)United States 1912philosophy, essaysLouise Rosenblatt (1904–2005)18Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Kingdom of Greece Greecenovel, philosophy, essays, drama, memoir, translationNikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958)notes vees Veēs suggests that the Prize be possibly shared by Sikelianos and Kazantzakis.19Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974) Swedenpoetry, novel, short story, dramaHenrik Schück (1855–1947)20André Malraux (1901–1976) French Fourth Republic Francenovel, essays, literary criticismHenri Peyre (1901–1988)21Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958) United Kingdomdrama, novel, essays, poetrySigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970)22Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953)Australiapoetry, essaysIan Ramsay Maxwell (1901–1979) Several other professors from Australia and New Zealand23Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968) Norwaypoetry, essaysHarry Fett (1875–1962)24Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) Soviet Unionpoetry, novel, translationMaurice Bowra (1898–1971)25Branislav Petronijević (1875–1954) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia(Socialist Republic of Serbia Serbia)philosophyVladeta Popović (1894–1951)26Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880–1962) Francoist Spain Spainnovel, poetry, literary criticismEdgar Allison Peers (1891–1952)27Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947) Switzerlandnovel, poetry, short storyHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) Henri de Ziégler (1885–1970) Albert Béguin (1901–1957)28Jules Romains (1885–1972) French Fourth Republic Francepoetry, drama, screenplayHolger Sten (1907–1971) Lorentz Eckhoff (1884–1974)29Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) United States 1912poetry, essays, biography Einar Tegen (1884–1965)30Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984) Soviet UnionnovelHenry Olsson (1896–1985)31Angelos Sikelianos (1884–1951) Kingdom of Greece Greecepoetry, dramaNikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958)vees32Ignazio Silone (1900–1978) Italynovel, short story, essays, dramaFredrik Böök (1883–1961)33Maila Talvio (1871–1951) Finlandnovel, short story, translationVeikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885–1962)34Marie Under (1883–1980) Soviet Union(Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonia)poetryHjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953)35Gregorios Xenopoulos (1867–1951)Kingdom of Greece Greecenovel, drama, essays, literary criticismIōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966)xeno Prize decision In 1947, the Nobel committee's recommended candidates for that year's prize were André Gide, Greek author Angelos Sikelianos and American-British T. S. Eliot. A majority of the committee, Anders Österling, Hjalmar Gullberg and Sigfrid Siwertz, advocated a prize to Gide, while committee member Fredrik Böök proposed Sikelianos, with Eliot as his second proposal.Nobelpriset i litteratur. Nomineringar och utlåtanden 1920-1950 1947 Svensén, Bo Svenska Akademien 2001 On 13 November 1947, the Swedish Academy decided that that year's Nobel Prize in Literature should be awarded to André Gide "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight". Award ceremony At the award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 1947, Anders Österling, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said: Behind the strange and incessant shift in perspective that Gide’s work offers to us, in the novels as well as in the essays, in the travel diaries, or in the analyses of contemporary events, we always find the same supple intelligence, the same incorruptible psychology, expressed in a language which, by the most sober means, attains a wholly classic limpidity and the most delicate variety. (...) Through all the phases of his evolution, Gide has appeared as a true defender of literary integrity, founded on the personality’s right and duty to present all its problems resolutely and honestly. From this point of view, his long and varied activity, stimulated in so many ways, unquestionably represents an idealistic value.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1947/ceremony-speech/ Award ceremony speech nobelprize.org For reasons of health, André Gide was unable to be present at the award ceremony. His prize was accepted by the French ambassador. Notes References External links Award ceremony speech nobelprize.org Banquet speech nobelprize.org Category:Nobel Prize in Literature by year Nobel