1845
Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
Carl Spitteler
Swiss writer (1845–1924)
- Born
- 1845
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler 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.