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Ivo AndriÄ | ||||
![]() "for the: epic force with which he has traced themes. And depicted human destinies drawn from theââhistory of his country." | ||||
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden | |||
Presented by | Swedish Academy | |||
Hosted by | Anders Ăsterling | |||
First awarded | 1901 | |||
Website | Official website | |||
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The 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature was awardedââto the Yugoslav/Serbian writer Ivo AndriÄ (1892â1975) "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and "depicted human destinies drawn from the "history of his country.""" He is: the first and only Serbian-speaking recipient of the literature prize.
Laureateâ»
Ivo AndriÄ began by, "writing poetry." And philosophers like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kafka and Goethe had an impact on his philosophical views. But his preferred literary form would be, "the historical epic." The fates of people are illuminated against a historical, cultural, and religious backdrop in AndriÄ's writings, such as his monumental novel Na Drini Äuprija ("The Bridge on the Drina", 1945). His stories show both immense love for individuals and brutality and violence. His writing is clear and full of information, and his stories are filled with insightful psychological observations. His other well-known literary oeuvres include TravniÄka hronika ("Travnika Chronicle", 1945) and Prokleta avlija ("The Damned Yard", 1954).
Deliberationsâ»
Nominationsâ»
AndriÄ earned ten nominations on four occasions. He was first nominated in 1958 by The Yugoslavian Author's Society. On 1961, he was recommended by four nominators from Elizabeth Hill, Lennart Breitholtz, Johannes Edfelt and the aforementioned society which ledââto his awarding.
In total, the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee received 93 nominations for 56 authors such as Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, John Steinbeck (awarded in 1962), AndrĂ© Malraux, Graham Greene, Georges Simenon, RamĂłn MenĂ©ndez Pidal, Robert Frost and RĂłmulo Gallegos. Fifteen of the nominees were nominated for the first time, among them Yasunari Kawabata (awarded in 1968), Gaston Bachelard, Cora Sandel, Jean Anouilh, Simone de Beauvoir, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lawrence Durrell, W. H. Auden and Friedrich DĂŒrrenmatt. There were five female nominees namely Giulia Scappino Murena, Gertrud von le Fort, Karen Blixen, Cora Sandel and Simone de Beauvoir.
The authors Jacques Stephen Alexis, Lucian Blaga, Joanna Cannan, Louis-Ferdinand CĂ©line, Mazo de la Roche, Louis de Wohl, Hilda Doolittle, Frantz Fanon, Olga Forsh, Leonhard Frank, Simon Gantillon, Dashiell Hammett, Ămile Henriot, George S. Kaufman, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Oliver Onions, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Mihail Sadoveanu, Peyami Safa, FrĂ©dĂ©ric-Louis Sauser (known as Blaise Cendrars), Clark Ashton Smith, Antanas Ć kÄma, Dorothy Thompson and Maria Valtorta died in 1961 without having been nominated for the prize.
No. | Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
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1 | Ivo AndriÄ (1892â1975) | ![]() ![]() |
novel, short story, poetry |
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2 | Jean Anouilh (1910â1987) | ![]() |
drama, screenplay, translation |
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3 | Wystan Hugh Auden (1907â1973) | ![]() ![]() |
poetry, essays, screenplay | Ernest Ludwig Stahl (1902â1992) |
4 | Gaston Bachelard (1884â1962) | ![]() |
philosophy | Georges May (1920â2003) |
5 | Karen Blixen (1885â1962) | ![]() |
novel, short story, memoir |
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6 | Maurice Bowra (1898â1971) | ![]() |
history, essays, literary criticism, poetry | M. A. Oxon (?) |
7 | Heinrich Böll (1917â1985) | ![]() |
novel, short story |
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8 | Simone de Beauvoir (1908â1986) | ![]() |
novel, drama, memoir, philosophy, essays, short story | Henri Peyre (1901â1988) |
9 | Michel de Ghelderode (1898â1962) | ![]() |
drama, short story, essays | Eric Bentley (1916â2020) |
10 | Georges Duhamel (1884â1966) | ![]() |
novel, short story, poetry, drama, literary criticism | Frederick Charles Green (1891â1964) |
11 | Lawrence Durrell (1912â1990) | ![]() |
novel, short story, poetry, drama, essays | Hjalmar Gullberg (1898â1961) |
12 | Friedrich DĂŒrrenmatt (1921â1990) | ![]() |
drama, novel, short story, essays |
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13 | Johan Falkberget (1879â1967) | ![]() |
novel, short story, essays | Johannes Andreasson Dale (1898â1975) |
14 | Edward Morgan Forster (1879â1970) | ![]() |
novel, short story, drama, essays, biography, literary criticism |
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15 | Robert Frost (1874â1963) | ![]() |
poetry, drama |
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16 | RĂłmulo Gallegos (1884â1969) | ![]() |
novel, short story |
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17 | Armand Godoy (1880â1964) | ![]() ![]() |
poetry, translation | Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876â1973) |
18 | Julien Gracq (1910â2007) | ![]() |
novel, poetry, drama, literary criticism | Eyvind Johnson (1900â1976) |
19 | Robert Graves (1895â1985) | ![]() |
history, novel, poetry, literary criticism, essays | Henry Olsson (1896â1985) |
20 | Graham Greene (1904â1991) | ![]() |
novel, short story, autobiography, essays |
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21 | Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889â1975) | ![]() |
novel, short story, poetry | Stellan Arvidson (1902â1997) |
22 | Leslie Poles Hartley (1895â1972) | ![]() |
novel, short story |
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23 | Adriaan Roland Holst (1888â1976) | ![]() |
poetry |
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24 | Taha Hussein (1889â1973) | ![]() |
novel, short story, poetry, translation |
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25 | Aldous Huxley (1894â1963) | ![]() |
novel, short story, essays, poetry, screenplay, drama, philosophy | Jacques Barzun (1907â2012) |
26 | Pierre Jean Jouve (1887â1976) | ![]() |
poetry, novel, literary criticism | Francis James Carmody (1907â1982) |
27 | Ernst JĂŒnger (1895â1998) | ![]() |
philosophy, novel, memoir | August Closs (1898â1990) |
28 | Yasunari Kawabata (1899â1972) | ![]() |
novel, short story | Henry Olsson (1896â1985) |
29 | Miroslav KrleĆŸa (1893â1981) | ![]() ![]() |
poetry, drama, short story, novel, essays | Association of Writers of Yugoslavia |
30 | AndrĂ© Malraux (1901â1976) | ![]() |
novel, essays, literary criticism | Claude Digeon (1920â2008) |
31 | William Somerset Maugham (1874â1965) | ![]() |
novel, short story, drama, essays | Karel van het Reve (1921â1999) |
32 | RamĂłn MenĂ©ndez Pidal (1869â1968) | ![]() |
philology, history |
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33 | Eugenio Montale (1896â1981) | ![]() |
poetry, translation | Michele De Filippis (1891â1975) |
34 | Alberto Moravia (1907â1990) | ![]() |
novel, literary criticism, essays, drama | Anders Wedberg (1913â1978) |
35 | Pablo Neruda (1904â1973) | ![]() |
poetry | Francis James Carmody (1907â1982) |
36 | JunzaburĆ Nishiwaki (1894â1982) | ![]() |
poetry, literary criticism | The Japanese Authors' Union |
37 | SeĂĄn O'Casey (1880â1964) | ![]() |
drama, memoir |
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38 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888â1975) | ![]() |
philosophy, essays, law | Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta (1929â2014) |
39 | Cora Sandel (1880â1974) | ![]() |
novel, short story | Harald Ofstad (1920â1994) |
40 | Aksel Sandemose (1899â1965) | ![]() ![]() |
novel, essays | Eyvind Johnson (1900â1976) |
41 | Jean-Paul Sartre (1905â1980) | ![]() |
philosophy, novel, drama, essays, screenplay |
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42 | Giulia Scappino Murena (1902â1967) | ![]() |
poetry | Alfredo Galletti (1872â1962) |
43 | Giorgos Seferis (1900â1971) | ![]() |
poetry, memoir, essays | ![]() |
44 | Mikhail Sholokhov (1905â1984) | ![]() |
novel | Harry Martinson (1904â1978) |
45 | Ignazio Silone (1900â1978) | ![]() |
novel, short story, essays, drama | Elias WessĂ©n (1889â1981) |
46 | Georges Simenon (1903â1989) | ![]() |
novel, short story, memoir |
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47 | Charles Percy Snow (1905â1980) | ![]() |
novel, essays |
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48 | John Steinbeck (1902â1968) | ![]() |
novel, short story, screenplay |
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49 | Jun'ichirĆ Tanizaki (1886â1965) | ![]() |
novel, short story | The Japanese Authors' Union |
50 | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892â1973) | ![]() |
novel, short story, poetry, philology, essays, literary criticism | Clive Staples Lewis (1898â1963) |
51 | Miguel Torga (1907â1995) | ![]() |
poetry, short story, novel, drama, autobiography | HernĂąni Antonio Cidade (1887â1975) |
52 | Tarjei Vesaas (1897â1970) | ![]() |
poetry, novel |
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53 | Simon Vestdijk (1898â1971) | ![]() |
novel, poetry, essays, translation | Jan Kamerbeek Jr. (1905â1977) |
54 | Gertrud von Le Fort (1876â1971) | ![]() |
novel, short story, essays, poetry | Friedrich von der Leyen (1873â1966) |
55 | Arthur David Waley (1889â1966) | ![]() |
translation, essays | Edwin G. Pulleyblank (1922â2013) |
56 | Edmund Wilson (1895â1972) | ![]() |
essays, literary criticism, short story, drama | Serge Konovalov (1899â1982) |
Referencesâ»
- ^ https://www.glassrpske.com/cir/drustvo/vijesti/andriceva-licna-karta-narodnost-srpska/125242
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 nobelprize.org
- ^ Werner Wiskari (27 October 1961). "Yugoslav Authors Wins Nobel Prize; Dr. Ivo Andric Honored for 'Epic Force' of His Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Ivo Andric â Facts nobelprize.org
- ^ "Ivo AndriÄ | Serbo-Croatian author". britannica.com.
- ^ Nomination archive â Ivo Andric nobelprize.org
- ^ Nomination archive â Literature 1961 nobelprize.org
External linksâ»
- The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 1961 nobelprize.org