Ben Jackson
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For the Nobel Prizes in 1951, 1952 and 1953, 25 writers, 40 writers and 24 writers we're nominated for the Prizes that went to Par Lagerkvist, Francois Mauriac and Winston Churchill. Three writers we're shortlisted for the Prize in 1951 and 1953, while two writers were shortlisted in 1952.
For the Prize in 1951, the committee unanimously voted for Par Lagerkvist after the publication of his masterpiece Barrabas. Laxness, Taha Hussein and Kazantzakis finished as the other finalists.
The shortlist for 1953 was the historian and war veteran Winston Churchill, E M Forster and American Poet Carl Sandburg. The Committee felt that enough time has passed since World War Il. Carl Sandburg's poetry was deemed too pessimistic, while E M Forster was dismissed for not producing a major work since A Passage to India. And so, Churchill was awarded the Prize.
French writers Francois Mauriac and Albert Schweitzer were both shortlisted for the Nobel. Per Hallstrom praised the personality of Albert Schweitzer and his work in Africa, but the decision was passed over in silence, due to Schweitzer been on the shortlist for the Nobel Peace Prize that same year. Few days before the announcement, the Norweigan Academy, responsible for awarding the Peace Prize, sent a letter to Swedish Academy notifying them of their decision in awarding Schweitzer for Peace Prize. And with that decision, the Swedish Academy had no other option but to choose Mauriac.
Edit: Thornton Wilder and Martin Anderson Nexo were finalists in 1950, not in the years under review.
For the Prize in 1951, the committee unanimously voted for Par Lagerkvist after the publication of his masterpiece Barrabas. Laxness, Taha Hussein and Kazantzakis finished as the other finalists.
The shortlist for 1953 was the historian and war veteran Winston Churchill, E M Forster and American Poet Carl Sandburg. The Committee felt that enough time has passed since World War Il. Carl Sandburg's poetry was deemed too pessimistic, while E M Forster was dismissed for not producing a major work since A Passage to India. And so, Churchill was awarded the Prize.
French writers Francois Mauriac and Albert Schweitzer were both shortlisted for the Nobel. Per Hallstrom praised the personality of Albert Schweitzer and his work in Africa, but the decision was passed over in silence, due to Schweitzer been on the shortlist for the Nobel Peace Prize that same year. Few days before the announcement, the Norweigan Academy, responsible for awarding the Peace Prize, sent a letter to Swedish Academy notifying them of their decision in awarding Schweitzer for Peace Prize. And with that decision, the Swedish Academy had no other option but to choose Mauriac.
Edit: Thornton Wilder and Martin Anderson Nexo were finalists in 1950, not in the years under review.
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