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1. www.nobelprize.org › 1953 › churchillWinston Churchill – Facts - NobelPrize.org

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   Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953. Born: 30 November 1874, Woodstock, United Kingdom. Died: 24 January 1965, London, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in ...

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2. winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu › churchills-nobelWinston Churchill and the Nobel Prizes, 1946-1953

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   Jan 29, 2018 · The Nobel Prize honors people worldwide for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and the promotion of peace. On 16 October 1953, Prime Minister Winston Churchill learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in Literature. His private secretary, Anthony Montague Browne recalled that day.

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   Did Winston Churchill win a Nobel Prize?

   • 13 Winston S. Churchill, banquet speech, read by his wife, in The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953. Mr. Glueckstein, of Kings Park, New York, is a freelance writer and a world traveler in search of Churchill. Churchill was nominated for both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Prize in Literature.

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   Why did Sweden not give Churchill the Nobel Prize?

   • The comments on the Nobel Prize in the Swedish newspapers were, with few exceptions, very positive. The Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy stressed that the prize was a literary award and that one reason for not giving it to Churchill earlier was that it then might have been seen as a political award.

   The Nomination That Gave Churchill the Nobel Prize

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   Did Lady Churchill and Mary Soames win a Nobel Prize?

   • Lady Churchill and Mary Soames, later Lady Soames, at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, 10 December 1953. (Reuters) On 27 November 1895, the scientist and philanthropist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament. The largest share of his fortune funded a series of Nobel Prizes, starting in 1901.

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   Why did the Swedish Academy choose Winston Churchill?

   • Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR On occasion, the Swedish Academy has surprised everyone by its choice of Nobel laureates. It happened in 1953, when after awards for literature to Per Lagerkvist and Francois Mauriac in the preceding two years, the Academy chose Sir Winston Churchill.

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4. winstonchurchill.org › the-1953-nobel-prizeThe 1953 Nobel Prize - International Churchill Society

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   Oct 17, 2008 · In 1953, Churchill not only received the Nobel Prize, but also, at the time of the Queen’s coronation, was awarded knighthood in the Order of the Garter. Competition for the Nobel Prize that year was not particularly fierce. The Swedish Pen Club, under its very active president Prince William, had had good luck with its choices in previous ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1953_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature1953 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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   The 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values." [1] He is the sixth British writer to receive the prize, coming after the philosopher ...

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   • Location: Stockholm, Sweden

   • First awarded: 1901
   • Presented by: Swedish Academy

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7. winstonchurchill.org › publications › finest-hourThe Nomination That Gave Churchill the Nobel Prize

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   Mar 26, 2018 · The database also shows that Churchill had previously been nominated in 1946 by Axel Romdahl (1880–1951), a Swedish professor of art history and museum curator in Gothenburg. Furthermore, from 1948 to 1952 several others in addition to Nerman had nominated Churchill. (Churchill had also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and ...

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   Jun 28, 2011 · Churchill was prime minister (for the second time) on the occasion of the presentation and did not attend. His wife, Lady Churchill, read Winston’s acceptance. In part, she read for him: “I am proud but also, I must admit, awestruck at your decision to include me [on the roll of Laureates]. I do hope you are right.