Nemesis (Alfred Nobel play)

Nemesis (Alfred Nobel play)

"Nemesis" is a tragedy in four acts written by Alfred Nobel, the man behind the Nobel Prizes. The play, which is in prose, was written shortly before his death and printed while he was dying. Following Nobel's death the entire printed edition was destroyed, except for three copies. The first surviving edition (bilingual Swedish-Esperanto) was published in Sweden in 2003. It has been translated to Slovenian via the Esperanto version.


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