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The 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008) "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms." [1] He is the 11th British writer to become a recipient of the prize after William Golding in 1983 and was followed later by Doris ...
2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction". The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature is an international literary prize established according to Alfred Nobel 's will [1] that will be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 October 2024 and awarded on ...
The 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Japanese novelist Kenzaburō Ōe (1935–2023) "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." [1] He is the second Japanese Nobel laureate in Literature after Yasunari Kawabata was awarded in 1968.
Frederick Sanger is one out of three laureates to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice in the same subject, in 1958 and 1980. John Bardeen, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972, and Karl Barry Sharpless, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 and 2022, are the others. Two others have won Nobel Prizes twice, one in ...
1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation." The 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Irish author Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern ...
The Nobel Prize in Physics ( Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for humankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901, the others being ...
Nobel Prize in Literature. · 1929 →. The 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Danish-born Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages." [1] [2] She is the third female recipient of the literature prize.
