1925 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."[1] He was the second Irish Nobel laureate in literature after W. B. Yeats won in 1923.[2]

1925 Nobel Prize in Literature
George Bernard Shaw
"for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."
Date
  • 1925 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1925
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website

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At first, Shaw declined the prize stating "I can forgive Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel prize". He later changed his mind and accepted the honour, but refused to receive the prize money.[2][3]

Shaw recommended that the prize money instead used to fund the translation of works by Swedish playwright, August Strindberg, to English.[3]

References
  1. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1925 nobelprize.org
  2. "Shaw Will 'Hold' Nobel Prize Money". New York Times. 21 November 1925.
  3. "George Bernard Shaw Refuses Nobel Prize Money". irelandxo.com.
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