Literature, Lyric Works, Open

Since the submitted works could only include 20,000 words, several chapters could be submitted from recently published books. Overall, the jury had to evaluate 40 literary works by 34 authors from 10 countries.

The gold medal in the category “Lyric Works” was given to Polish writer Kazimierz Wierzyński for his impressionistic poem about famous long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi, called Laur Olimpijski (Olympic Bay Leaf).

The silver medal went to German Rudolf Binding for his Reitvorschrift für eine Geliebte (Riding Provision for a Mistress). The script consisted of “a series of 45 designated short, highly stylized prose lyricism” as the author stated. The sections were called, for example, ‘horse chit-chat’, ‘Riding is saying yes’, ‘Choice of the horse’, ‘Ride from the farm’, ‘Action of the horse’ or ‘The horse of Mohammed’. The script was reprinted several times after his death. The cover was designed by Renée Sintenis, who later also designed the Berlin Bear, nowadays the symbol of the German capital Berlin. Danish poet Johannes Weltzer wrote a poem about Charles Lindbergh and received the bronze medal.