The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920
Awarded on: 1920-11-11
"in special appreciation of his epic, <I>Olympian Spring</I>"
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler
Born: 1845-04-24 in Liestal, Switzerland
Gender: male
Field: Swiss writer (1845–1924)
Biography
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic Olympian Spring". His work includes both pessimistic and heroic poems.