Ben Jackson
Well-known member
The Nobel Literature Prize for 1934 and 1936 was awarded to Pirandello and Eugene O'Neill. The 1935 Prize wasn't awarded the committee felt there wasn't a suitable candidate.
The 1935 Nobel Prize shortlist consisted of Czech writer Karel Capek, dismissed for political reasons (as Capek reasons against Hitler. Per Hallstrom, who was a supporter of Nazism, though he didn't welcome anti-semitic aspect of Nazism, convinced committee members not to award writers who spoke against Hitler), Miguel Unamuno, one of the finest Spanish writer known for existentialist works, was dismissed for "abstract ideas in his oeuvre," John Masefield, was dismissed for "uneven works," G K Chesteron, an English writer who was praised for his poems by the committee, was dismissed for "doubts over the religious non-fictional works like St Francis of Assisi and the biography of Jesus," Roger Martin Du Gard, praised for The Thibaults, but the committee waited for Du Gard to complete the other volumes. Paul Without was dismissed for "esoteric poetry." Without the religious publications of G K Chesterton, there's big chance that Chesterton could have won the Nobel for that year. With these evaluations, the committee decided not to award the Prize.
The 1934 Prize's shortlist consisted of Silanpaa, Pirandello and Gugliemo Ferrero. The committee waited for more productions from Silanpaa, though the committee praised Meek Heritage. Ferrrero was dismissed because of the committee's "lack of interest in awarding the prize to non-fiction areas." Pirandello's works like Six Characters and One, no one, and One Hundred Thoudsand was hailed by the committee, hence the committee's decision in awarding Pirandello.
The 1936 prize was a tight contest between Freud, who was nominated by his friend, Nobel Laureate Romain Rolland, and Eugene O'Neill. Freud, rejected several times for Nobel Prize for Medicine, was dismissed for "sick and distorted imagination." Paul Valery was dismissed for "exclusive and obscure poetry." O'Neil receiving praises from the committee for works like Anna Christie and Mourning Becomes Electra, was awarded the Prize.
The 1935 Nobel Prize shortlist consisted of Czech writer Karel Capek, dismissed for political reasons (as Capek reasons against Hitler. Per Hallstrom, who was a supporter of Nazism, though he didn't welcome anti-semitic aspect of Nazism, convinced committee members not to award writers who spoke against Hitler), Miguel Unamuno, one of the finest Spanish writer known for existentialist works, was dismissed for "abstract ideas in his oeuvre," John Masefield, was dismissed for "uneven works," G K Chesteron, an English writer who was praised for his poems by the committee, was dismissed for "doubts over the religious non-fictional works like St Francis of Assisi and the biography of Jesus," Roger Martin Du Gard, praised for The Thibaults, but the committee waited for Du Gard to complete the other volumes. Paul Without was dismissed for "esoteric poetry." Without the religious publications of G K Chesterton, there's big chance that Chesterton could have won the Nobel for that year. With these evaluations, the committee decided not to award the Prize.
The 1934 Prize's shortlist consisted of Silanpaa, Pirandello and Gugliemo Ferrero. The committee waited for more productions from Silanpaa, though the committee praised Meek Heritage. Ferrrero was dismissed because of the committee's "lack of interest in awarding the prize to non-fiction areas." Pirandello's works like Six Characters and One, no one, and One Hundred Thoudsand was hailed by the committee, hence the committee's decision in awarding Pirandello.
The 1936 prize was a tight contest between Freud, who was nominated by his friend, Nobel Laureate Romain Rolland, and Eugene O'Neill. Freud, rejected several times for Nobel Prize for Medicine, was dismissed for "sick and distorted imagination." Paul Valery was dismissed for "exclusive and obscure poetry." O'Neil receiving praises from the committee for works like Anna Christie and Mourning Becomes Electra, was awarded the Prize.