Churchill has a high prestige in the eyes of Swedes and many admirers. As early as the end of World War II, several Swedes recommended him as a Nobel Prize.
Nobel Prize in Literature's candidate. In the years after World War II, he was nominated again and again, and almost all Swedish writers and historians recommended him. Several of these people are academicians of the college. They thought Churchill's name was louder than anyone else in the middle of the 20th century. Nevertheless, commissioned by the Nobel Committee, the academicians who wrote the research report screened Churchill out with a "fine screen".
1946, the first report on Churchill's works was written by holst Roma, former permanent secretary of the college. This report thinks that the book Savorola written by Churchill has no literary value at all. It is just a thin adventure novel, which is the product of Churchill's writing in India when he was young, because there is no war to fight. In addition, in the eyes of holst Roma, Churchill's achievements in history can only be judged by the biography of his great ancestor, Marpolo, who defeated French Louis XIV, but this is only a tribute to his ancestors, and it seems a bit inappropriate to ascend to the highest hall of literature.
Churchill also wrote a book about World War I, World Crisis, which was highly praised by public opinion. However, holst Roma doesn't think this is a historical work, let alone a literary work. He pointed out that theodor mommsen was the only person who stood for election as a historian and was considered eligible for the prize. Then, in his report, he also quoted the views of colleagues who specialize in history in the college, and thought that it was unreasonable to award such a grand prize only on the biography of polo.
1948, in his second report, Professor An Lun of the Swedish Institute refuted the view of holst Roma.
Aaron emphasized that The World Crisis written by Churchill has great literary value. He pointed out that there were countless historical works about that war, but none touched the real connotation of that era as deeply as it did. To get this impression, you need to have outstanding artistic talent. In Aaron's eyes, Churchill was an unparalleled "painter" who described history. But he concluded that Churchill's historical works alone were not enough to prove that he was qualified for the prize. If his literary position is strengthened by his achievements in speech, Churchill is undoubtedly entitled to win the prize-no one can surpass Churchill in speech in the 20th century. "No one knows better than him how to arouse such a huge response with eloquence or touch so many people." Aaron commented, "In this case, Churchill is eligible to win the prize, mainly by his speech; However, his speech art is closely related to his works. "
Although the report was extremely beneficial to Churchill, the College of Liberal Arts delayed for another five years before succumbing to appeals from all over the world.
Churchill won the prize and broke two conventions.
When choosing a Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Swedish colleges sometimes make surprising decisions. Everyone thinks that the Swedish Academy of Literature Prize has always been an unwritten rule in Yan Shouyi: in the Nobel Prize competition, no writer who holds a position in his own government will win the prize. Churchill 195 1 re-elected as British prime minister. This time, due to the insistence of several heavyweights and the appeal of public opinion, the Swedish Academy of Literature finally decided not to consider this taboo. Churchill was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945-about the same time as he was nominated for the Peace Prize. In those years, he had just been defeated by the Labour Party in the general election. During that time, his identity was only a member of parliament, an opposition leader and an out-and-out professional writer. At this time, the Swedish Academy of Literature actually had enough time to give him an award calmly. During his six years in office, Churchill devoted himself to writing six volumes of authoritative records and memoirs about the Second World War-Memoirs of the Second World War, and the last volume was published in 1953. Perhaps the Swedish Academy Literature Prize has been decided to wait until the end of this memoir before awarding it to him. Sure enough, at the award ceremony, the Committee listed Memoirs of the Second World War as an award-winning work.