The 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Italian author Grazia Deledda "for her idealistically inspired writings, which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with
"for her idealistically inspired writings, which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general."
The 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with
1926 Nobel Prize in Literature
…after which she was eventually awarded. In total, the Nobel Committee received 37 nominations for 29 authors including George Bernard Shaw (awarded for 1925), Thomas Hardy, Willem Kloos, Rudolf Maria Holzapfel and James George Frazer. Sixteen of the nominees were newly nominated such as Arnold Bennett, Paul…
"for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."
Theater poster for Pygmalion in Slovenia performed on 20 December 1927.