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Literature, Epic Works, Open

Date	1 – 16 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Ausstellungsgelände Halle VI, Kaiserdamm, Berlin
Participants	21 from 10 countries
Judge	Rudolf Henz	AUT
Judge	Charly Clerc	SUI
Judge	Hanns Johst	GER
Judge	Heinz Wismann	GER
Judge	Werner Beumelburg	GER
Judge	Richard Euringer	GER
Judge	Georg Schmückle	GER

Date

1 – 16 August 1936

Status

Olympic

Location

Ausstellungsgelände Halle VI, Kaiserdamm, Berlin

Participants

21 from 10 countries

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

The winner of this contest was the Finnish poet Urho Karhumäki. His work, Avoveteen (In open water), tells of athlete Yrjö Niemelä. In 1939, the work was made into a movie by Orvo Saarikivi, depicting the main character participating in the 1940 Helsinki Olympics (which were never held due to World War II).

The silver medal work, by Wilhelm Ehmer, writes about the failed ascent of the Mount Everest by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Mallory, in 1924, had won an Olympic gold medal for alpinism in an earlier attempt to scale the world’s highest peak. Jan Parandowski, winner of the bronze, submitted a novel set in Ancient Greece, Dysk olimpijski (Olympic Discus).

Pos	Catalogue Number	Competitor	NOC	Translated Title	Original Title	Title in Olympic Report or Catalogue
1	–	Urho Karhumäki	FIN	Into Free Water	Avoveteen	Avoveteen (Ins freie Wasser)	Gold
2	–	Wilhelm Ehmer	GER	Around the Peak of the World	Um den Gipfel der Welt	Um den Gipfel der Welt	Silver
3	–	Jan Parandowski	POL	Olympic Discus	Dysk Olimpijski	Dysk Olimpijski	Bronze
AC	–	Alexander Roda Roda	AUT	Polo	Polo	Polo
AC	–	Alexander Lernet-Holenia	AUT	The Marathon	Der Marathonlauf	Der Marathonlauf
AC	–	Rudolf von Eichthal	AUT	A German Blade	Eine deutsche Klinge	Eine deutsche Klinge
AC	–	Ernst Udet	GER	My Flying Life	Mein Fliegerleben	Mein Fliegerleben
AC	–	Hans Domizlaff	GER	Dirk III	Dirk III	Dirk III
AC	–	Takis Sakellariou	GRE	Olympic Idealism	Ο Ολυμπιακος Ιδεαλισμος (O Olympiakos Idealismos)	Der Olympische Idealismus
AC	–	László Tharnói-Kostyál	HUN	Victor's Laurel	Diadalkoszoru	Diadalkoszoru (Siegeskranz)
AC	–	Ottó Misángyi	HUN	Importance of Physical Exercises in Cultural History	A testnevelés jelentosége a közmuvelodésben	A testnevelés jelentosége a közmuvelodésben (Bedeutung der Leibesübungen in der Kulturgeschichte)
AC	–	Alba De Céspedes	ITA	I, his father	Io, Suo Padre	Io, Suo Padre
AC	–	Eugenio Barisoni	ITA	A Hunter is born	Cacciatore si Nasce	Cacciatore si Nasce
AC	–	Franco Ciampitti	ITA	Rings	Cerchi	Cerchi
AC	–	Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth	SUI	Dämon Himalayas	Dämon Himalaya	Dâmon Himalaya
AC	–	Jack Schumacher	SUI	Olympians	Olympiakämpfer	Olympiakämpfer
AC	–	Paul Martin	SUI	Stadium Light	La lumière de la stade	La lumière de la stade
AC	–	Jerry	TCH	The Meaning and Essence of Sport	Vom Sinn und Wesen des Sports (O smyslu a podstate sportu)	Vom Sinn und Wesen des Sports
AC	–	Anne Lindbergh	USA	North to the Orient	North to the Orient	North to the Orient
AC	–	Francis Magoun	USA	Annals of British Football	Annals of British Football	Annals of British Football
AC	–	MacKinlay Kantor	USA	The Voice of Bugle Ann	The Voice of Bugle Ann	The Voice of Bugle Ann

Pos

Catalogue Number

Competitor

NOC

Translated Title

Original Title

Title in Olympic Report or Catalogue

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Urho Karhumäki

FIN