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1922 Nobel Prize in Literature

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1922 Nobel Prize in Literature
Jacinto Benavente
"for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama"
Date
  • 1922 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1922
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Spanish dramatist Jacinto Benavente[1] (1866–1954) "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".[2]

Laureate

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Jacinto Benavente y Martinez is considered to be one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. A prolific author of more than 150 plays, his plays shows a broad range including social commentry, comedy and tragedy. His most celebrated play Los intereses creados ("The Bonds of Interest"; performed 1903, published 1907) was based on the Italian commedia dell’arte.[3]

Nominations

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Jacinto Benavente was first nominated in 1921 by 21 members of the Royal Spanish Academy, and again the following year by the Nobel committee.[4] In total, the committee received 30 nominations for 22 authors which included Georg Brandes, Grazia Deledda (awarded in 1926), John Galsworthy (awarded in 1932).Thomas Hardy, Arno Holz, Wladyslaw Reymont (awarded in 1924), W. B. Yeats (awarded in 1923), and Stefan Zeromski. Ten of the nominees were newly nominated such as Roberto Bracco, Paul Ernst, Darrell Figgis, William Inge, Michael Sadleir, Matilde Serao, Sigrid Undset (awarded in 1928), Ludwig von Pastor, Israel Zangwill. There were three female writers nominated: two from Italy (Grazia Deledda and Matilde Serao) and one from Norway (Sigrid Undset).[5]

The authors Lyman Abbott, Lima Barreto, Clementina Black, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Gerard Bolland, Elizabeth Williams Champney, Erskine Childers, Alfred Espinas, Nellie Blessing Eyster, Géza Gárdonyi, Constance Jones, Velimir Khlebnikov, Henry Lawson, Alice Meynell, Renzo Novatore, Mori Ōgai, Marcel Proust, Gabriel Séailles, George Robert Sims, Georges Sorel, Giovanni Verga died in 1922 without having been nominated for the prize.


Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize
No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)
1 Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954)  Spain drama Nobel Committee
2 Roberto Bracco (1861–1943)  Italy drama, screenplay
3 Georg Brandes (1842–1927)  Denmark literary criticism, essays
4 Grazia Deledda (1871–1936)  Italy novel, short story, essays Carl Bildt (1850–1931)
5 Paul Ernst (1866–1933)  Germany novel, short story, drama, essays Paul Natorp (1854–1924)
6 Darrell Figgis (1882–1925)  Ireland poetry, novel, essays Thomas Rudmose-Brown (1878–1942)
7 John Galsworthy (1867–1933)  United Kingdom novel, drama, essays, short story, memoir Nobel Committee
8 Bertel Gripenberg (1878–1947)  Finland poetry, drama, essays Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931)
9 Ángel Guimerá Jorge (1845–1924)  Spain drama, poetry Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona
10 Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889–1975)  Iceland novel, short story, poetry Adolf Noreen (1854–1925)
11 Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)  United Kingdom novel, short story, poetry, drama
12 Arno Holz (1863–1929)  Germany poetry, drama, essays 39 professors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia
13 William Ralph Inge (1860–1954)  United Kingdom theology, essays Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931)
14 Władysław Reymont (1867–1925)  Poland novel, short story Nobel Committee
15 Michael Sadleir (1888–1957)  United Kingdom novel, essays Nobel Committee
16 Matilde Serao (1856–1927)  Italy novel, essays
  • Roberto de Ruggiero (1875–1934)
  • Francesco Torraca (1853–1938)
17 Sigrid Undset (1882–1949)  Norway novel, memoir, essays Frederik Poulsen (1876–1950)
18 Georg von Below (1858–1927)  Germany history, essays Hermann Bächtold (1882–1934)
19 Ludwig von Pastor (1854–1928)  Germany history
  • Christian Hülsen (1858–1935)
  • Olof Kolsrud (1885–1945)
20 William Butler Yeats  Ireland poetry, drama, essays Nobel Committee
21 Israel Zangwill (1864–1926)  United Kingdom novel, drama, translation Adolf Noreen (1854–1925)
22 Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925)  Poland novel, drama, short story Nobel Committee

References

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  1. ^ "Prize Winner for Spain" (PDF). The New York Times. June 20, 1920. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1922 nobelprize.org
  3. ^ "Jacinto Benavente". britannica.com.
  4. ^ "Nomination archive Jacinto Benavente". nobelprize.org.
  5. ^ "Nomination archive - Literature 1922". nobelprize.org.