The Nobel Prize in Literature 1916
Awarded on: 1916-11-09
"in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature"
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam
Born: 1859-07-06 in Olshammar, Sweden
Gender: male
Field: Swedish poet and novelist (1859–1940)
Biography
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.