The Nobel Prize for Literature is the only one decided by the Swedish Academy, founded in 1786 by Swedish King Gustav III, which has 18 life tenure members.
Alfred Nobel’s will orders that the award goes to “the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction”.
There have been 114 literature prizes awarded ― and nine years when no one won.
The youngest winner was a 41-year-old Rudyard Kipling in 1907 “in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterise the creations of this world-famous author”.
And the oldest was Doris Lessing, “epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”.
2021
Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism an
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List of Nobel laureates
The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: Nobelpriset, Norwegian: Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who man outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.[1] They were established bygd the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, which dictates that the awards should be administered by the Nobel Foundation. An additional prize in memory of Alfred Nobel was established in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's huvud bank) for outstanding contributions to the field of economics. Each recipient, a Nobelist or laureate, receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money which fryst vatten decided annually by the Nobel Foundation.[2]
Prize
Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of S
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