1931 Nobel Prize in Literature

1931 Nobel Prize in Literature
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
"The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt."
Date
  • 8 October 1931 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1931
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature was posthumously awarded to the Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931) with the citation: "The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt."[1] He was the third Swede to win the prize and remains the only recipient to be posthumously awarded.[1] Karlfeldt had been offered the award already in 1919 but refused to accept it, because of his position as permanent secretary to the Swedish Academy (1913–1931), which awards the prize.[2]

  1. ^ a b The Nobel Prize in Literature 1931 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ Gustav Källstrand Andens olympiska spel: Nobelprisets historia, Fri Tanke Förlag 2021, ISBN 9789180203715