A long literary career
Heyse lived from 1830 to 1914. He is the fifth-oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Literature
Paul Heyse
German writer and translator awarded the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetry, dramas, novels, and short stories.
Paul Heyse was a German writer and translator known for his poetry, dramas, novels, and short stories. In Berlin, he belonged to the literary society Tunnel über der Spree. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1910.
Worth knowing
An extensive body of work
Heyse wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. His extensive output made him a dominant figure in German literature.
Two literary societies
Heyse belonged to two important literary societies: Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich.
Compared with Goethe
Wirsen, one of the Nobel judges, said: "Germany has not had a greater literary genius since Goethe."
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