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Nobel Prize for Literature: 1910s

1910-1919

1910s

Winner

Paul von Heyse of Germany.  Genres:  poetry, drama, novel, short story

Winner

Maurice Maeterlinck of Belgium.  Genres:  Drama, poetry, essay.

Winner

Gerhart Hauptmann of Germany.  Genres:  drama, novel

Winner

Rabindranath Tagore of India.  Genres:  poetry, novel, drama, short story, music, essay, philosophy, literary criticism, translation

Winner

Not awarded

Winner

Romain Rolland of France.  Genre:  novel.

Winner

Verner von Heidenstam of Sweden.  Genres:  poetry, novel

Winners

Kari Adolph Gjellerup of Denmark.  Genre: poetry.

Henrik Pontoppidan of Denmark.  Genre:  novel.

Winner

Not awarded

Winner

Carl Spitteler of Switzerland.  Genre:  poetry.