The prize for the year 1911 was awarded to: 
MAETERLINCK, MAURICE, Belgium, born 1862; “in 
appreciation of his many-sided literary uctivities, 
and especially of his dramatic works, which ave 
distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by 
a poetic fancy which, under the guise of legend, 
shows deep penetration, mysteriously reflecting the 
unrealised emotions of the veader.” 
The prize for the vear 1912 was awarded to: 
HavuprMANN, GERHART, Germany, born 1862; “in 
special recognition of the distinction and the wide 
vange of his creative work in ihe vealm of dvamatic 
boetry.”’ 
The prize for the vear 1913 was awarded to: 
TAGoRE, RABINDRANATH, British India, born 1861; 
“In recognition of his profoundly sensitive, fresh 
and beautiful poetry, whereby he has, with con- 
summate skill, introduced his poetic thought, in 
English guise, to the literature of the West.” 
The prize for the year 1914 was allocated in 1916 to 
the special fund for this group of prizes. 
The prize for the year 1915 was awarded in 1916 to: 
RoLLaND, Romaixn, France, born 1866; “as a tributes 
to the lofty idealism of his writings, and lo the 
wide understanding of human natuve springing 
from a profound sympathy, which they reveal.” 
The prize for the year 1916 was awarded to: 
von HEIDENSTAM, VERNER, Sweden, born 1859; “in 
recognition of his importance as representing a new 
epoch in Swedish litevaturve.” 
The prize for the year 1917 was divided equally between : 
GieLLErRUP, KARL, Denmark, born 1857, died 13th 
October, 1919; “for his varied and vich poelry, 
which 1s inspived by lofty ideals’; and