Nobel Prize In Literature timeline
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René François Armand Prudhomme is Awarded the First Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 was awarded to Sully Prudhomme "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty... Read more
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Rudyard Kipling Becomes the First Englishman to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 was awarded to Rudyard Kipling "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination,... Read more
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Selma Lagerlöf Becomes the First Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 was awarded to Selma Lagerlöf "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception... Read more
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Rabindranath Tagore Becomes the First Asian to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which,... Read more
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William Butler Yeats is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 was awarded to William Butler Yeats "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives... Read more
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Sinclair Lewis Becomes the First American to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
In 1930, Lewis won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first writer from the United States to receive the award. In the Swedish Academy's... Read more
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Pearl S. Buck Becomes the First American Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 was awarded to Pearl Buck "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her... Read more
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Herman Hesse is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 was awarded to Hermann Hesse "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration,... Read more
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William Faulkner is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel. Read more
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Bertrand Russell is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 was awarded to Bertrand Russell "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions... Read more
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Winston Churchill Is Awarded The Nobel Prize In Literature
In 1953, Churchill not only received the Nobel Prize, but also, at the time of the Queen’s coronation, was awarded knighthood in the Order of the... Read more
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Albert Camus is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 was awarded to Albert Camus "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness... Read more
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Boris Pasternak is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1958 was awarded to Boris Pasternak "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the... Read more
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Death of Pablo Neruda
Establishing a permanent home on the Isla Negra, Neruda continued to travel extensively, visiting Cuba in 1960 and the United States in 1966. After... Read more
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J. M. G. Le Clézio is Awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a globetrotting French author, professor, and Nobel... Read more
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Nobel Prize In Literature Is Awarded To Herta Müller
The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the... Read more
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Mario Vargas Llosa Is Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature
The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, whose deeply political work vividly examines the perils of power and corruption in Latin America, won the... Read more