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Heyse, Paul Johann von 1830-1914
German writer and Nobel Prize winner

He was born in Berlin, and settled in Munich in 1854. He excelled as a short-story writer, his tales being marked by a graceful style, sly humour and frequent sensuality. They were collected in Das Buch der Freundschaft (1883-84, 'The Book of Friendship') and other volumes. He also wrote novels, plays and epic poems, and translations of Italian poets. He was awarded the 1910 Nobel Prize for literature.

Bibliography: L Ferrari, Paul Heyse und die literarische Strömungen seiner Zeit (1939)