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Heyse Paul Johann Ludwig von
(1830–1914)

German realistic writer. Besides the 120 novellas on which his reputation rests, he wrote some 50 plays, 6 novels, and many fine translations, especially of Italian poets. He was the first German to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1910). His most famous story is L’Arrabbiata (1855, tr. The Fury, 1855). Heyse’s writings are elegant, polished, and psychologically probing.

Comoren Islands, 1977, Nobel prize winners

Grenada, 1995, Paul Heyse

Guinea Bissau, 2009, Paul Heyse

Nevis, 1995, Paul Heyse

Paraguay, 1977, Medal of Nobel prize of Literature

Sweden, 1970, Paul Heyse