Carl Spitteler Writer

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (24 April 1845 – 29 December 1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring". His work includes both pessimistic and heroic poems.

Personal facts

Carl Spitteler
Birth dateApril 24, 1845
Birth place
Liestal
Nationality
Switzerland
Date of deathDecember 29, 1924
Place of death
Lucerne

Search

Writer

language
German language

Topical connections

Anita AugspurgWriter
David DegenFootball player
Fabian JekerCyclist
Enrico MariniComics creator
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynWriter
Albert HofmannScientist
Alain de BottonWriter
Aimé ArgandScientist
Adolf OgiPresident
Charles Édouard GuillaumeScientist
Alfred WernerScientist
Adrian KnupFootball player

Carl Spitteler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://libraries.admin.ch/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=helveticat&inst=consortium&submittheform=Search&usersrch=1&beginsrch=1&elementcount=3&function=INITREQ&search=KEYWORD&rootsearch=KEYWORD&lng=en&pos=1&conf=.%2Fchameleon.conf&t1=carl+spitteler&u1=1003&op1=OR&t2=carl+spitteler&u2=21&op2=AND&t3=&u3=1035&host=biblio.admin.ch%2B3601%2BDEFAULT&patronhost=biblio.admin.ch%203601%20DEFAULT
  2. http://literature.nobel.brainparad.com/carl_spitteler.html
  3. http://literature.nobel.brainparad.com/index.html
  4. http://www.angelfire.com/ego2/olko/cgi-bin/spitteler-autobio.html
  5. http://www.carl-spitteler.ch
  6. http://www.helveticarchives.ch/detail.aspx?ID=165136