Английская Википедия:1954 Nobel Prize in Literature
Шаблон:Infobox award The 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American author Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style."[1]
Following William Faulkner in 1949, Hemingway is the fifth American to be a recipient of the prize.
Laureate
Шаблон:Main article Ernest Hemingway is known for his succinct and lucid prose had a powerful influence on 20th century fiction. His works explore love, war, wilderness, and loss. The theme of emasculation is also prevalent in his works, most notably in The Sun Also Rises (1926). In 1952, he published The Old Man and the Sea, a work that was praised by the Swedish Academy when awarding the Nobel Prize.[2] Among his other famous works are A Farewell to Arms (1929) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940).
The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway's short novel The Old Man and the Sea was specifically referred to in his Nobel citation. Drawing on his personal experiences as a fisherman in crafting the novella, it tells the tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses. It won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[2]
Deliberations
Nominations
Ernest Hemingway was nominated for the prize on four occasions between 1947 and 1954, the first three times by members of the Swedish Academy and in 1954 by an Austrian professor of English linguistics.[3]
In total, the Nobel committee received 35 nominations for 27 individuals. The most number of nominations were for Halldór Kiljan Laxness with 6 nominations. Other nominated authors included André Malraux, Nikos Kazantzakis, Rudolf Kassner, Mark Aldanov, E. M. Forster, Gottfried Benn, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, and Robert Frost.[4] 5 of the nominees were nominated first-time among them Carl Jung, Ricardo Rojas, and Jaroslav Seifert (awarded in 1984). Two of the nominees were women: Henriette Charasson and Concha Espina de la Serna.
The authors Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Frederick Lewis Allen, Juan Álvarez, Vitaliano Brancati, Frans G. Bengtsson, Maxwell Bodenheim, Ludovic Dauș, Stig Dagerman, Oswald de Andrade, Winnifred Eaton, Miles Franklin, Boris Gorbatov, Joseph Hergesheimer, James Hilton, Édouard Le Roy, Zofia Nałkowska, Mikhail Prishvin, Sokotsu Samukawa, Hella Wuolijoki and Francis Brett Young died in 1954 without having been nominated for the prize.
| No. | Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Aldanov (1886–1957) | Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag) Шаблон:Flag |
biography, novel, essays, literary criticism | Samson Soloveitchik (1887–1974) |
| 2 | Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, drama, essays | Accademia dei Lincei |
| 3 | Julien Benda (1867–1956) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, philosophy, essays, literary criticism | Holger Sten (1907–1971) |
| 4 | Gottfried Benn (1886–1956) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, essays | Шаблон:Unbulleted list |
| 5 | Martin Buber (1878–1965) | Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag |
philosophy | Fritz Strich (1882–1963) |
| 6 | Albert Camus (1913–1960) | Шаблон:Flag (Шаблон:Flag) |
novel, short story, essays, philosophy, drama | Шаблон:Unbulleted list |
| 7 | Henriette Charasson (1884–1972) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, essays, drama, novel, literary criticism, biography | Pierre Moreau (1895–1972) |
| 8 | Concha Espina de la Serna (1869–1955) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, short story | Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954) |
| 9 | Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, short story, essays | Hans Heiberg (1904–1978) |
| 10 | Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, short story, drama, essays, biography, literary criticism | Шаблон:Unbulleted list |
| 11 | Robert Frost (1874–1963) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, drama | Sten Selander (1891–1957) |
| 12 | Franz Hellens (1881–1972) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, poetry, literary criticism | Émilie Carner-Noulet (1892–1978) |
| 13 | Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, short story, screenplay | Leo von Hibler-Lebmannsport (1884–1956) |
| 14 | Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, novel | Harry Martinson (1904–1978) |
| 15 | Carl Jung (1875–1961) | Шаблон:Flag | philosophy, essays | Ernst Alker (1895–1972) |
| 16 | Rudolf Kassner (1873–1959) | Шаблон:Flag | philosophy, essays, translation | Ernst Alker (1895–1972) |
| 17 | Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, philosophy, essays, drama, memoir, translation | Henry Olsson (1896–1985) |
| 18 | Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, short story, drama, poetry | Шаблон:Unbulleted list |
| 19 | André Malraux (1901–1976) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, essays, literary criticism | Georges Blin (1917–2015) |
| 20 | Max Mell (1882–1971) | Шаблон:Flag | drama, novel, screenplay | Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 21 | Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968) | Шаблон:Flag | philology, history | Gunnar Tilander (1894–1973) |
| 22 | Ricardo Rojas Sosa (1882–1957) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, history, drama, pedagogy, essays | Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968) and a number of learned societies and individuals |
| 23 | Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry | Albert Prazák (1880–1956) |
| 24 | Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, poetry, essays, drama | Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature |
| 25 | Gustave Vanzype (1869–1955) | Шаблон:Flag | novel, drama, short story | Gustave Charlier (1885–1959) |
| 26 | Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, novel | Sigmund Skard (1903–1995) |
| 27 | Georges Vouyouklatis (1903–1956) | Шаблон:Flag | poetry, essays | Writers Association of the Hellenes |
Prize decision
Hemingway's candidacy in 1947 was rejected by committee member Per Hallström, saying in a report that Hemingway's style of writing were too entertaining and lightweight. Hemingway was considered and rejected again in 1950, when the Swedish Academy found that his recent book Across the River and Into the Trees was not as strong as his previous works and also noted that Hemingway already had a great deal of success, and that he was unlikely to need the prize money.[5]
Nominated again in 1953, Hemingway was a serious contender for the prize in that year according to The New York Times, but his candidacy was postponed as members of the Academy thought that Hemingway and his wife may have perished in an air crash in Africa.[6] Hemingway was included in the shortlisted nominees for the prize together with Albert Camus and Halldór Laxness – both authors were eventually awarded.
Reactions
Hemingway was a favourite to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 along with Halldór Kiljan Laxness. In an interview, he expressed his gladness in receiving the prize, saying: "I am very pleased and very proud to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature."[6] He modestly told the press that Carl Sandburg, Isak Dinesen and Bernard Berenson deserved the prize,[7][8] James Mellow says Hemingway "had coveted the Nobel Prize", but when he won it, months after his plane accidents and the ensuing worldwide press coverage, "there must have been a lingering suspicion in Hemingway's mind that his obituary notices had played a part in the academy's decision."[9] Because he was suffering pain from the African accidents, he decided against traveling to Stockholm.[10] Instead he sent a speech to be read, defining the writer's life: Шаблон:Quote
References
External links
- Award Ceremony speech nobelprize.org
- List of all nominations for the 1954 Nobel Prize in literature nobelprize.org
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- ↑ Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 nobelprize.org
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Ernest Hemingway nobelprize.org
- ↑ Ernest Hemingway Nomination archive nobelprize.org
- ↑ Nomination archive nobelprize.org
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Hemingway Is the Winner Of Nobel Literature Prize The New York Times 29 October 1954
- ↑ Kenneth S. Lynn. Hemingway (1987), 574
- ↑ Carlos Baker. Ernest Hemingway: The Writer as Artist (1972), 38
- ↑ James R. Mellow. Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences (1992), 588–589
- ↑ Jeffrey Meyers. Ernest Hemingway (1985), 509
