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Plan of the Series xv
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887-1970) 3 Dvir Abramovich 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 15 by Anders Osterling, Member of the Swedish Academy Agnon: Banquet Speech 16 i made to formation Thomson Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984) .19 accuracy of tte Santiago Daydi-Tolson ;on Gale actep elusion in the 1977 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 29 >n, agency, e, or indwidffii by Dr. KarlRagnar Gierow, of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish) >f the editors a le attention tf Aleixandre: Banquet Speech 30 :he satisfaction :ted in future Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1977 31 Aleixandre: Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1977 33
Ivo Andric (1892-1975) 36 Vasa D. Mihailovich 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 45 by Anders Osterling, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Andric: Banquet Speech 47
Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) .49 Oralia Preble-Niemi 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 61 by Anders Osterling, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Asturias: Banquet Speech 62 Asturias: Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1967 64
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) 69 Julian A. Garforth 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 87 by Dr. Karl Ragnar Gierow, of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish)
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Saul Bellow (1915-2005) Keith M. Opdahl 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 103 by Dr. Karl Ragnar Gierow, of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish) Bellow: Banquet Speech 105 Bellow: Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1976
Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954) HI Montserrat Alds-Brun 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 124 by Per Hallstrom, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy Benavente: Banquet Speech 126
Henri Bergson (1859-1941) 127 Philip B. Dematteis 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 141 by Per Hallstrom, President of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy Bergson: Banquet Speech 143
Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910) 144 Hans H. Skei 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 153 by C. D. qfWirsen, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Bjernson: Banquet Speech 154
Heinrich Boll (1917-1985) 156 Reinhard K. £achau Boll: Autobiographical Statement 173 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 173 by Dr. Karl Ragnar Gierow, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish) Boll: Banquet Speech 174 Boll: Nobel Lecture, 2 May 1973 177 Joseph Brodsky (Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky) (1940-1996) 184 Alyssa Dinega Gillespie 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 202 by Professor Sture Allen, of the Swedish Academy (Translationfrom the Swedish) Brodsky: Banquet Speech 203 Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 204 Brodsky: Nobel Lecture, 8 December 1987 205
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) 210 Tracy Simmons Bitonti 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 221 by Per Hallstrom, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Buck: Banquet Speech 224 Buck: Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1938 226
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Ivan Bunfn (1870-1953) 235 Julian W. Connolly Bunin: Autobiographical Statement 246 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 246 by Per Halls from, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Bunin: Banquet Speech 249
Albert Camus (1913-1960) 250 Catharine Savage Brosman 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 267 by Anders 0 sterling, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Camus: Banquet Speech 268
Elias Ganetti (1905-1994) 271 Thomas H. Falk and Dagmar C. G. Lorenz 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 283 by Dr. Johannes Edfelt, of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish) Canetti: Banquet Speech 284
Giosue Carducci (1835-1907) 286 Thomas E. Peterson 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 299 by CD. of Wirse'n, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy
Camilo Jose Cela (1916-2002) 303 Ludle C. Charlebois 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 318 by Professor Knut Ahnlund, of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish) Cela: Banquet Speech 319 Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1989 319 Cela: Nobel Lecture, 8 December 1989 321
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) 327 Laurence Kitian 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 342 by Sigfrid Siwertz, Member of the Swedish Academy Churchill: Banquet Speech 344
J. M. Coetzee (1940- ) 346 Michael Marais and Merritt Moseley 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 363 by Per Wastberg of the Swedish Academy (Translation from the Swedish) Coetzee: Banquet Speech 364 Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 365 Coetzee: Nobel Lecture, 7 December 2003 366
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Grazia Deledda (1871-1936) 370 Stefania Lucamante and E. Ann Matter Deledda: Autobiographical Statement • 381 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech • 382 by Henrik Schuck, President of the Nobel Foundation
Jose Echegaray (1832-1916) 385 Judy B. Mclnnis 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 397 by C. D. afWirsen, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) 402 Jewel Spears Brooker 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 418 by Anders Osterling, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Eliot: Banquet Speech 420
Odysseus Elytis (1911-1996) 422 Marinos Pourgouris 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 430 by Dr. Karl Ragnar Gierow, of the Swedish Academy (Translationfrom the Swedish) Elytis: Banquet Speech 432 Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979 433 Elytis: Nobel Lecture, 8 December 1979 435
RudolfEucken (1846-1926) 439 Uwe Dathe 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech 449 by Harald Hja'rne, Director of the Swedish Academy Eucken; Nobel Lecture, 27 March 1909 453
Nobel Laureates in Literature, 1901-2005 461 Contributors 463 Index 467
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