"the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome"

Biography:

Born in garding (Schleswig-Holstein), son of a pastor, Mommsen was born Danish citizen but has always recognized original German and heart. He studied from 1831 to 1838 in Altona, then at the University of Kiel, where he specializes in both history, law and philology.
Brilliant student, Mommsen obtained a grant that allows him to travel to France and Italy, becoming the last country where his taste and his ability to decipher ancient inscriptions. He worked hard from 1845 to 1850 on the dialects of southern Italy (March osque, messapien etc.), Which already makes him a major scholar.

"as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit"

 Biography:

Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson (born December 8 1832 to Kvikne County (fylke) of Hedmark - died on 26 April 1910 in Paris) is a Norwegian writer.

It was presented as one of the four greatest writers in the history of literature with Norwegian Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie and Alexander Kielland by the publisher Gyldendal. He wrote the words of the national anthem of Norway. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903.

"in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist"

Biography:

Occitan Frederi Mistral, born in the Mail Lane, Bouches-du-Rhone September 8, 1830, where the death on March 25 1914, was a French poet occitanskspråkig. Together with José Echegaray Nobel Prize in literature in 1904.

Mistral came from a well-off family and never had to work for their livelihood. He studied law at the University of Avignon in Provence, France, and then read including Joseph Roumanille who wrote Provençal poetry and became Mistrals inspiration and friend.

"in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama"

Biography:

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, born in Madrid on April 18, 1833, in which 16 death in September 1916, Spanish mathematician, politicians and playwrights. Received together with Frédéric Mistral Nobel Prize in literature in 1904.

Echegaray came from an intellectual background in Madrid, Spain, where his father was a professor of Greek. The family had Basque roots. He began his career with studies in economics and mathematics and was himself a professor at the relatively young age. After the revolution in 1868, he was taken into the Spanish Government, where he held several positions, including finance minister and Schools. When the revolutionaries then lost power, he made instead career as a writer of dramas.