The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 117 times to 121 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Literature 1969
“for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1968
“for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1967
“for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1966
“for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people”
“for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1965
“for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1964
“for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1963
“for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1962
“for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1961
“for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1960
“for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time”