Heidenstam's letter and the report of Per Hallstrom influenced the members of the Nobel Committee for Literature. Gunnar Ahlstrom wrote;
"More and more of the Academicians began to read Gitanjaliand gradually succumbed to the charm of these rhythmic ideas. Then the unexpected happened. The Committee's recommendatiom in behalf of Emile Faguet was rejected by a by a decision of the Academy in pleno. Of the 13 who voted on November 13, 12 were in favour of Rabindranath Tagore."
The news was published from Stockholm, Thursday, Nov 13 on that very day.: The Nobel Prize for literature for 1913 ha s been awarded to the Indian Poet Rabindranath Tagore. Reuter's Services from London circulated it through out the World. They also announced the prize money of 8000 Pound and a list of winners winners from 1901 to 1912.
Rabindranath was almost unknown to the world. the reporters of different paters from world began to collect informations about Rabindranath Tagore.Some papers of England and some papers of Chicago were lucky to know earlier some about Rabindranath still some of their datas circulated were not correct.
Evening Post, New York, Nov 13, wrote that ' the first time on record that the prize has been given to anybody but a white person.'
Times of Los Angels wrote on 15 Nov, under the title " The ignoble Decision/Hindu Poet Unworthy of Nobel Prize' said;
"The Nobel prize for Literature has been awarded to a Hindu poet whose name few people can pronounce , with whose work fewer in America are familiar, and whose claim for that high distinctionstill fewer will recognize."
Some papers even grambled for giving the prize to an unknown leaving behind some important poets like Tomas hardy, Anatole france etc. 
