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  2. List of Nobel laureates in Literature - Wikipedia

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    The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. [4] As of 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 121 individuals. [5] 18 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize.

  3. Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original Swedish: den som inom ...

  4. 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang ... [15] Science fiction author Kim Bo-young said, "We cheer and rejoice. I am even ...

  5. The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway's Jon Fosse, who ...

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    The Nobel Prizes carry a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) from a bequest left by their creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. Winners also receive an 18-carat gold medal and ...

  6. List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    Many widely read writers, like Leo Tolstoy, have never won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors which, according to the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the benefactor of the prize, has produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction". [1]

  7. Alice Munro, acclaimed short-story writer and Nobel Prize ...

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    Considered by many to be the finest short fiction writer of her generation, Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2013, only months after publishing a collection of stories that she ...

  8. 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse for "his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable". [1] He is the fourth Norwegian recipient of the prize.

  9. 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    Professor Ruth Cruickshank, who specialises in contemporary French fiction at Royal Holloway, University of London, said: "When a woman wins the Nobel Prize for Literature it is always great news. Thirteen dead and two living white French men ( Le Clézio and Modiano ) have been Nobel laureates since 1901...