Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature
Year:1903
Number:17 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1832
Year, Death:1910
Profession:Author
City:Follebu
Country:NORWAY (NO)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1903
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Werner Söderhjelm
Gender:M
Profession:Professor, philologist, literature historian, diplomat
City:Helsinki
Country:FINLAND (FI)
 
Comments: Addendum to entries 1903:4-1, 17-1, 18-0: In a letter dated Feb. 3, 1903, Christen Collin (assoc. prof at Christiania University (now Oslo), NO) proposes that the Prize be shared between Björnstjerne Björnson and Henrik Ibsen; alternatively between Björnson and Leo Tolstoy, or awarded solely to Björnson.