1916 Nobel Prize in Literature

1916 Nobel Prize in Literature
Verner von Heidenstam
"in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature."
Date
  • 9 November 1916 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1916
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Swedish poet and prose writer Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940) "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature." Heidenstam was the second Swedish Nobel laureate in Literature after Selma Lagerlöf in 1909.

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