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1 day ago · As of 2023, the Nobel Prize in Literature had been awarded to 120 individuals. [5] 17 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize .
Apr 9, 2024 · The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation, but they are awards "by writers to writers." [1] The panelists are five "writers who are known to be ...
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4 days ago · This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. [1] A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in mid-September, around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced, for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think".
Apr 8, 2024 · This year's prize is 9 million SEK (1.1 million US dollars). Photo. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 is awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Thursday.
4 days ago · Octavio Paz (born March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico—died April 19, 1998, Mexico City) was a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat, recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
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Mar 25, 2024 · Naguib Mahfouz. Category: Arts & Culture. Also spelled: Najīb Maḥfūẓ. Born: December 11, 1911, Cairo, Egypt. Died: August 30, 2006, Cairo (aged 94) Awards And Honors: Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature (1996) Nobel Prize (1988) Notable Works: “Children of the Alley” “The Cairo Trilogy”
Mar 29, 2024 · Category: Arts & Culture. Born: January 31, 1935, Ehime prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. Died: March 3, 2023 (aged 88) Awards And Honors: Akutagawa Prize. Nobel Prize (1994) Notable Works: “A Personal Matter” “Atarashii hito yo meza meyo” “Death by Water” “Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids” “In reito sutairu” “The Changeling” “The Silent Cry” (Show more)
