1916 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
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Verner von Heidenstam | |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Presented by | Swedish Academy |
First awarded | 1901 |
Website | Official 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."[1] Heidenstam was the second Swedish Nobel laureate in Literature after Selma Lagerlöf in 1909.