Nobel Prize in Literature
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The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, "in the field of
In 1901, French poet and essayist Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection, and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."
Hemingway's telegram in 1954 (The academy has alternately used for Literature and in Literature over the years, the latter becoming the norm today.)
Spanish philologist Ramón Menéndez Pidal was never awarded despite the numerous nominations.
The Nobel diploma awarded to Hermann Hesse in 1946
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
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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.