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Nobel Prize in Literature 1919

Carl Spitteler

Switzerland

Carl Spitteler received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1919, making them laureate number 19 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are one of 2 laureates from Switzerland.

Our pick for reading Carl Spitteler for the first time is Olympischer Frühling.

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