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Carl Spitteler

1845 - 1924

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Spitteler is the 454th most popular writer (down from 293rd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Writer.

Carl Spitteler was a Swiss poet who was most famous for his epic poem, "Olympische Gedichte" (Olympian Poems).

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Among writers, Carl Spitteler ranks 454 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry James, Philip Larkin, Thomas De Quincey, Philip Roth, Demetrius Vikelas, and Jo Nesbø. After him are Louis Aragon, Marguerite Yourcenar, Gabriela Mistral, Ahmad Yasawi, Baldassare Castiglione, and Dan Brown.

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Among people born in 1845, Carl Spitteler ranks 12. Before him are Gabriel Fauré, George I of Greece, Élie Metchnikoff, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Amadeo I of Spain, and Ludwig III of Bavaria. After him are Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, George Reid, Nikola Pašić, Abai Qunanbaiuly, John Sparrow David Thompson, and Paul Vidal de La Blache. Among people deceased in 1924, Carl Spitteler ranks 14. Before him are Joseph Conrad, Gabriel Fauré, Alfred Marshall, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, and Bogd Khan. After him are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Irvine, Robert Nivelle, Princess Louise of Belgium, Ferruccio Busoni, and Ferdinand Cheval.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Carl Spitteler ranks 41 out of 1,015. Before him are Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), Franz Mesmer (1734), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), and Jacques Necker (1732). After him are Aga Khan IV (1936), Benjamin Constant (1767), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), and Adelaide of Italy (931).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Carl Spitteler ranks 3. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), and Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921). After him are Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Robert Walser (1878), Max Frisch (1911), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Gottfried Keller (1819), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908).

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