Matilde Serao and her ‘Lost’ Nobel Prize
Matilde Serao Nobel Prize for Literature Swedish Academy Nobel Committee Grazia Deledda
Matilde Serao was first brought to the attention of the Swedish Academy as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1922. The essay discusses the persistent assumption whereby Serao’s novel Mors tua (1926) was the reason she “lost” the Nobel Prize to Grazia Deledda in 1927. Based on analysis of nomination letters and written reports in the Academy’s archive in Stockholm, the article also disputes the claims that Mussolini had something to do with Serao’s possible Nobel Prize.
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Matilde Serao was first brought to the attention of the Swedish Academy as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1922. The essay discusses the persistent assumption whereby Serao’s novel Mors tua (1926) was the reason she “lost” the Nobel Prize to Grazia Deledda in 1927. Based on analysis of nomination letters and written reports in the Academy’s archive in Stockholm, the article also disputes the claims that Mussolini had something to do with Serao’s possible Nobel Prize.

CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques

ISBN: 978-2-406-12853-3

EAN: 9782406128533

ISSN: 2497-4846

DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12853-3.p.0017

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Online publication: 05-25-2022

Language: English

Keyword: Matilde Serao, Nobel Prize for Literature, Swedish Academy, Nobel Committee, Grazia Deledda