the Nobel Prize
for Literature
Here The Muse Of Literature presents a list of present and past winners of the
Nobel Prize For Literature.
The Muse has determined that the only Nobel Prize category that
pertains to literature is the Nobel Prize for Literature. Accordingly, the
literature prize is the only award category displayed here.
The nobel prize for Literature Awards List
—scroll down
this recipient list until you find a name or year of interest—
See detailed information about a specific award winner and his award:
- Visit the Laureates Page at the Nobel web site:
click here.
At the Nobel web site click the name at the
Laureates Page and see a recipient's
biography, acceptance lecture, photos, announcement video, interview
video, and other information.
About the nobel prize in literature
The Nobel Prize In Literature is awarded to an individual for
contributions to or excellence in one or more of a variety
of literary fields, including poetry, novels, short stories, plays, essays
and speeches. It is not given for a specific work or works.
The first prize was awarded in 1901 to the poet and philosopher Sully
Prudhomme, author of Stances et Poèmes (1865). Since then, prizes
have been awarded to authors from a number of different languages and
cultural backgrounds, ranging from relatively unknown masters to authors
acclaimed worldwide.
Categories
The award goes to an individual for contributions to or excellence in
one or more of a variety of literary fields.
Literary fields:
- The novel.
- The short story.
- Drama.
- Essay.
- Speech writing.
nobel web site pages
Editorial by ETAF staff
ETAF Staff is struck by the high regard in which the public holds the
Nobel Prize. Not just the public; scholars, peace workers, artists, and
scientists who work in fields recognized by the Prizes regard them as the
highest possible honor they can receive. No other award can advance a
professional's career as much, raise his prestige to such a high plateau, or
so radically change his life.
Is this elevation of Nobel's prize to God-like status justified, or
should we be more critical when we read the list of award recipients?
About alfred nobel
Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 in
Stockholm, Sweden. His family was descended from Olof Rudbeck, the
best-known technical genius of Sweden's 17th century era, when it's
political and economic power was at its height. in 1866, Nobel invented dynamite, the source of his
personal wealth, and
later built up companies and laboratories in more than 20 countries all over
the world. Nobel provided a fund and organization for the establishment and
continuation of the Nobel Prizes. He died
on December 10, 1896.About the nobel foundation
The Foundation, a private institution established in 1900, is funded by
the will of Alfred Nobel. It manages the assets made available through his
will for awarding Nobel Prizes. Prizes are given in Physics, Chemistry,
Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace. The Foundation represents the
Nobel institutions and administers and distributes information. Its most
famous undertaking is the presentation of the Nobel Prize.
About the Nobel museum
The Nobel Museum illustrates a century of creativity:
- Follow the changes of the 20th century through the Nobel Prize and the
Laureates.
- Explore the work and the ideas of more than 700 creative minds
presented through short films, original artifacts and computers, and in
the exhibition "Cultures of Creativity."
- See the dynamite, the mould and the books that changed the world!
Visit the Nobel Museum in the heart of Stockholm, the Old Town/Gamla
Stan. The Nobel Museum also has an inspiring Book- and Giftshop well worth a
visit.
You will find more information at the Foundation's web site. Sorry, the
web site does not offer a tour of its contents.
ETAF Recommends
Books about Nobel Prize you might want to read:
-
Nobel Prize Women in
Science: Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries, by Sharon Bertsch
McGrayne.
-
The Nobel Book of Answers: The Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, and Other Nobel
Prize Winners Answer Some of Life's Most Intriguing Questions for
Young People, by various authors.
-
The Road to Stockholm:
Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists, by Istvan Hargittai and
James D. Watson.
