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Carl Spitteler
Carl Spitteler · A. B. Lagrelius & Westphal, Stockholm, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Carl Spitteler

1845 – 1924 · aged 79

Swiss writer (1845–1924)

Born
24 Apr 1845 · Liestal
Died
29 Dec 1924 · Lucerne
Part ofSwitzerland218 BCE – todayReformed1497 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 91 years
  1. 24 Apr 1845BornBorn in Liestal
  2. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  3. 1919AwardNobel Prize in Literature
  4. 1920AwardSchiller prize
  5. 29 Dec 1924DiedDied in Lucerne

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1845 – 1924).

  1. 1853 – 1856Crimean War
  2. 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
  3. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  4. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  5. 1898Spanish–American War
  6. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  7. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  8. 1917Balfour Declaration
  9. 1917February Revolution
  10. 1917October Revolution
  11. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  12. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  13. 1920Treaty of Versailles

Biography

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (24 April 1845 – 29 December 1924) 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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Carl Spitteler, CC BY-SA 4.0

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