Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1916, announced November 9, 1916. Verner von Heidenstam, “in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature”. Verner von Heidenstam: born 1859, Olshammar, Sweden. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).