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Germany is currently the nation with the 3rd most Nobel Prize winners: 2nd most in the category of physics and chemistry, [1] 3rd most in physiology or medicine [2] and 4th most in literature. Overall there are 115 German Nobel Prize laureates.
1. Yiddish. 1. 1 Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Prize in Literature 1913) wrote in Bengali and English, Samuel Beckett (Nobel Prize in Literature 1969) wrote in French and English and Joseph Brodsky (Nobel Prize in Literature 1987) wrote poetry in Russian and prose in English.
This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by country. Listings for Economics refer to the related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple ...
The Georg Büchner Prize (‹See Tfd› German: Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of Woyzeck and Leonce and Lena. The Georg Büchner Prize is awarded annually for authors "writing in the German language who have notably ...
The 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the German author Thomas Mann (1875–1955) "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature." [ 1 ][ 2 ] He is the fourth German author to be awarded the literature prize after Paul von Heyse in 1910.
Pages in category "German Nobel laureates" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Kurt Alder; B.
Paul Thomas Mann (UK: / ˈmæn / MAN, US: / ˈmɑːn / MAHN; [ 1 ]German: [ˈtoːmas ˈman] ⓘ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight ...
Nobel Prize in Literature. · 1973 →. The 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the German author Heinrich Böll (1917–1985) "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature." [1][2] Böll is the fifth German ...