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Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)

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Carl Spitteler

Swiss writer (1845–1924)

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.
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Nobel Prize in Literature

Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…
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April 24

Day of the year

April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 251 days remain until the end of the year.
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