1905 Nobel Prize in Literature

1905 Nobel Prize in Literature
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer."
Date
  • 5 October 1905 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1905
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Polish novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer."[1] He was given the prize on 10 December 1905.[1] He is the first Polish author to win the Nobel Prize in the literary category and the second Polish citizen to win in general after the chemist Maria Skłodowska Curie in 1903. He was followed by Władysław Reymont in 1924.

  1. ^ a b The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 nobelprize.org