THE NOBEL PRIZES.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13726, 15 November 1916, Page 3

THE NOBEL PRIZES.

..:.. LITKRATUM.AWARDS ... V *" V ''^ V ■"■)■■ ■ pssi'. . (Pet Cable—P/ess Association —Copyright,) 'COPENHAGEN, November 10. .' The French historian ami litteraleur, M. liouinaiu Rolland, has been awarded, the Nobel Literary Prize'for 1915, ami llic Swedish poet, Yemer, the von Heidensliaum Prize, ■ ; -[Very little notice seems to have been taken : 'of'the fact .that the--Nobel •Prize for Literature this year has been "awarded to Roumain Holland, a French man of letters, Yet M, -Rolland' is not" only'perhaps the most brilliant living writer of French prose, but he is notable in- other.respects,-' 'Born in ISGG, he became, after • a distinguished academical career, first a Professor of the History of Art) at the Ecole Normale Supcrieure at Paris, ami afterwards at the Sorbo'nne, where he introduced the teaching of the History of. Music, Turning to fiction, he produced a masterpiece in the shape of "Jcnn-Cliristoplie," a novel in ten volumes. It is divided into three scries—"Jean-Christoplie," "JeanChrisrophc at Paris," and. "The End of I lie Journey," It literally traces the hero from his cradle to his grave, 'lt-is a marvellous study of modern life, character, nmL.innniiers. Its style is eqiiisitely limpid and simple, and an English student of French could select no better book to read, It gives a particularly interesting insight| the life, of musical 'circles of various grades in Paris,] '■ '.(.■.%■■ :$!.