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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short-story writer who received the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Biography

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short-story writer who received the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature. In Jewish World Records, Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse is connected to the record “First Jewish Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature,” based on the stored achievement of Nobel Prize in Literature — 1910. In 1910 Paul Heyse received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his long literary career. JINFO's Jewish Nobel chronology begins its Literature list with Heyse and documents his Jewish mother. NobelPrize.org confirms Paul Heyse as the sole 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. JINFO's Jewish Nobel Prize in Literature chronology begins with Paul Heyse in 1910 and cites his Jewish mother; no earlier Literature laureate appears in that qualifying chronology.

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First Jewish Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Record holder

Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse

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10 December 1910

Paul Heyse is recognized by JWR as the first Jewish recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize’s official records identify the German writer as the sole Literature laureate for 1910. Heyse was honored for a long and influential literary career that encompassed poetry, drama, novels and, especially, the novella form with which he became closely associated. JWR’s classification is based on documented Jewish family background through his mother and on a chronological review of Jewish and part-Jewish Nobel literature laureates. That chronology begins with Heyse and contains no earlier qualifying Literature laureate. The prize was presented on 10 December 1910, which JWR uses as the record value rather than the award year alone. The record therefore combines the official Nobel achievement evidence with an independent Jewish-laureate chronology and documented eligibility evidence.

Country represented: Germany
Achievement location: Stockholm, Sweden
Achievement date: 10 December 1910

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