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Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg

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Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg (1845–1924)

Swiss poet and writer. The epic Der Olympischer Frühling/Olympian Spring (1900) depicts the heroism and mortality of the Greek gods. His mature epic Prometheus der Dulder/Prometheus the Martyr (1924) also deals with themes from Greek mythology, expressing his belief in the importance of ethical rather than aesthetic values. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919.

Spitteler was born in Liestal, near Basel. After studying law and theology he became a teacher, then an editor, and after 1892 a freelance journalist.



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