Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1912, announced November 14, 1912. Gerhart Hauptmann, “primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art”. Gerhart Hauptmann: born 1862, Bad Salzbrunn, Prussia (now Poland). Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).