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Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler , 1845-1924, Swiss poet, whose pseudonym was Carl Felix Tandem. He was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature. His chief works include the epics Prometheus und Epimetheus (1881, tr. 1931) and Olympischer Frühling [Olympian spring] (2 vol., 1900-1906; revised version, 1910). The latter, set among the Greek gods, is an original and complex allegory of the necessity for ethics in the modern world. His other works include novels, essays, and poems.
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WINNERS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
News Wire article from: United Press International October 7, 2004 700+ words ...1920 -- Knut Pedersen Hamsun, Norway. 1919 -- Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler, Switzerland. 1918 -- The prize money was allocated...Denmark; Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark. 1916 -- Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden. 1915... |
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News Wire article from: United Press International October 2, 2003 700+ words ...1920 -- Knut Pedersen Hamsun, Norway. 1919 -- Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler, Switzerland. 1918 -- The prize money was allocated...Denmark; Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark. 1916 -- Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden. 1915... |
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Winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
News Wire article from: United Press International October 10, 2002 700+ words ...1920 -- Knut Pedersen Hamsun, Norway. 1919 -- Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler, Switzerland. 1918 -- The prize money was allocated...Denmark; Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark. 1916 -- Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden. 1915... |
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LIST OF WINNERS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITE
News Wire article from: United Press International October 2, 2003 700+ words ...1920 -- Knut Pedersen Hamsun, Norway. 1919 -- Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler, Switzerland. 1918 -- The prize money was allocated...Denmark; Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark. 1916 -- Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden. 1915... |
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Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg
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Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler
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