The 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded jointly to Swedish authors Eyvind Johnson "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom" and Harry Martinson "for writings
Eyvind
Johnson "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom," and Martinson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos."
Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson with author Gabriel Jönsson and his wife Annicka Jönsson, at a writers' meeting in 1958.
Graham Greene
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Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
Greene in 1975
Greene was born in Berkhamsted School where his father taught.
Graham Greene's birthplace blue plaque
Greene in 1939