Carl Friedrich Georg Spittelerwas a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring". His work includes both pessimistic and heroic poems... (wikipedia)
In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.
I moved to Lucerne, where I have lived happily with my family ever since.
I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.