Nobel laureate
Theodor Mommsen — Nobel Prize in Literature 1902
“the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>”
Prize motivation
“the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>”
The Swedish Academy awarded Theodor Mommsen the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>.
Other laureates of the 1900s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).