The 1905 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau of Austria-Hungary, for authoring the novel Die Waffen Nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms) and contributing to the creation of the Prize. Until the publication of All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929, Die Waffen Nieder was the most important German language literary work concerning war.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. Since 1901 it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses” Over the next few months we’ll be introducing you to the past Nobel laureates, leading up to the award of the 2016 prize in October.
