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Paul Heyse
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse was a German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. The sum of Heyse's many and varied productions made him a dominant figure among German men of letters. He was awarded the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature "as…
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culture · German writer and translator (1830–1914) · poet · playwright · translator · novelist · writer · draftsperson · also Paul Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, Paul Johann Heyse, Heyse
Born 15 March 1830 · Died 2 April 1914 · Q76487
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“Nadine Gordimer: Farewell to a great spirit”
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1998· 1 entry
“The conscience of South Africa talks about her country's new racial order”
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1988· 1 entry
“The Moment Before the Gun Went Off”
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1914· 1 entry
Died 1914-04-02.
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1910· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1910).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Munich (1910).
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“s many and varied productions made him a dominant figure among German men of letters. He was awarded the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature”
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1900· 1 entry
Was named an honorary citizen of Munich, and several special publications honoured his 70th birthday; and in 1910, he was made a member of the nobility, before being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on 10 Decemb
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1884· 1 entry
Awarded Schiller prize (1884).
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1871· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1871).
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1859· 1 entry
Obligations to the Kugler family led Heyse to take up a position as editor of the Literaturblatt zum deutschen Kunstblatt, and he declined a tempting offer from the Grand Duke Carl Alexander von Weimar which would have i
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1853· 1 entry
Where, with the Italian landscape still fresh in his mind, he wrote the works which first made him famous: his most famous short story, "L'Arrabbiata" ("The Fury", 1853, published in 1855); and the Lieder aus Sorrent ("S
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1852· 1 entry
By the Spanisches Liederbuch, a collection of translations of poems and folk songs by Geibel and Heyse which was to be a favourite with composers, including Robert Schumann (Opp
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1851· 1 entry
Heyse won a contest held by the members of the "Tunnel" for the ballad Das Tal von Espigno, and his first short story, "Marion" (1852), was similarly honoured
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1850· 1 entry
Finally resolved on a career as a writer and began a dissertation under the supervision of Friedrich Diez, a pioneer of Romance philology in Germany; but when it was discovered he was conducting an affair with the wif
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1849· 1 entry
Joined the Tunnel über der Spree literary group
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1830· 1 entry
Born 1830-03-15.
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