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The prize Jc b~ year 1925 was awarded to: 
SHAW, GEORGE BERNHARD, London, born 1856; “for 
his literary work, which is characterised both by 
idealism and by humanity, and whose lively sa- 
tive is frequently associated with peculiar poetic 
beauty.” 
The prize for the year 1926 was awarded wn 1927 to: 
DeLEDDA, GRAZIA, Rome, born 1875, died 15th Au- 
gust, 1936; “whose works ave inspived by high 
ideals, in her descriptions of life on hey native 
island, which ave vendeved with the vividness of a 
painler, and who has treated geneval human pro- 
blems with depth and sympathy.” 
The prize for the year 1927 was awarded in 1928 fo. 
Bergson, HENRI, member of the French Academy, 
Paris, born 1859; “in recognition of his vich and 
life-giving ideas and vesplendent avt with which 
hey have been presented.” 
The prize for the year 1928 was awarded 10: 
UNDSET, SiGriD, Oslo, born 1882; “principally with 
vegard to her powerful pictures of Northern lite in 
the medieval times.” 
The prize for th: year 1929 was awarded to: 
MANN, Taomas, professor, dr., Munich, born 1875; 
“principally for his great novel 'Buddenbyrooks’ 
that in the course of vears has received an in- 
creasing constant recognition as one of the classic 
works of contemporary literature.” 
The prize for the year 1030 was awarded to: 
Lewis, SiNncLaIR, New York, U. S. A., born 1835; 
“for his great and living art of painting life, with 
a talent for creating types, with wit and humour.”