Which of the following received the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature: Howard Fast or Rudolf Christoph Eucken?
Rudolf Christoph Eucken Rudolf Christoph Eucken (] ; 5 January 1846 – 15 September 1926) was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life", after he had been nominated by a member of the Swedish Academy.
Frederick Buechner Carl Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) is an American writer and theologian. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books. His work encompasses different genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays and sermons, and his career has spanned six decades. Buechner's books have been translated into many languages for publication around the world. He is best known for his works "A Long Day's Dying" (his first work, published in 1950); "The Book of Bebb", a tetralogy based on the character Leo Bebb published in 1979; "Godric", a first person narrative of the life of the medieval saint, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1981; "Brendan", a second novel narrating a saint's life, published in 1987; "Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner" (1992); and his autobiographical works "The Sacred Journey" (1982), "Now and Then" (1983), "Telling Secrets" (1991), and "The Eyes of the Heart: Memoirs of the Lost and Found" (1999). He has been called "Major talent" and "...a very good writer indeed" by "the New York Times", and "one of our most original storytellers" by USA Today. Annie Dillard (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek") says: "Frederick Buechner is one of our finest writers."