PontorpiDAN, HENRIK, Denmark, born 1857; “for 
his vital descviption of present-day life in Den- 
mark.” 
The prize for the year 1918 was allocated in 1919 lo 
the special fund for this group of prizes. 
The prize for the vear 1919 was awarded in 1920 to: 
SPITTELER, CARL, Switzerland, born 1845, died 29th 
December, 1924; “in appreciation especially of 
his powerful epic, Olympischer Friihling.””’ 
The prize for the year 1920 was awavded to: 
Hamsun, Knut, Norway, born 1859; “for his monu- 
mental work, Mavrkens grvode’.”’ 
The prize for the vear 1921 was awarded to: 
ANATOLE FRANCE (Jacques Anatole Thibault), mem- 
ber of the French Academy, Paris, born 1844, 
died 13th October, 1924; “in recognition of his 
brilliant work as an author, which is characterised 
by nobility and vigour of style and by wide human 
sympathy, and is typical of the French genius.” 
The prize for the year 1922 was awarded to: 
BENAVENTE, JACINTO, dramatist, Madrid, born 1866; 
“for the happy manner in which he has carried on 
the honourable traditions of the Spanish dvama.” 
The prize for the year 1923 was awarded to: 
Years, WiLLiam BUTLER, Great Britain, born 1865, 
died 29th January, 1939; “for his poetry which 
is always inspired, and gives expression in a 
vigidly artistic form to the spirit of a people.” 
The prize for the year 1924 was awarded to: 
ReEvyMoNT, WLADYSLAW ST., Poland, born 1868, died 
5th December, 1925; “for his great national epic. 
"The Peasants’.”’