Carl Spitteler

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (April 24, 1845 - 1924) was a Swiss poet of visionary imagination and the author of pessimistic yet heroic verse. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919.

External link

• http://www.nobel-winners.com/Literature/carl_spitteler.html
• special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring.

See also: Carl Spitteler, 1845, 1919, 1924, April 24, Nobel Prize for Literature, Switzerland