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17 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize. As of 2023, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number of Nobel laureates.
The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded, according to the will of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind” in the field of literature.
The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded by the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden. See all literature laureates or learn about the nomination process. Quick facts. Literature prizes: 116. Literature laureates: 120. Awarded women: 17. Youngest laureate: 41. Oldest laureate: 88. More facts and figures. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023. Jon Fosse.
A comprehensive list of Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic ...
All Nobel Prizes in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 116 times to 120 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2023. Click on the links to get more information.
The Nobel Prize in Literature is one of many Nobel Prizes given in honor of Alfred Nobel. Every year, a writer is chosen by the Swedish Academy to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. They choose someone who they think has written something that has great value.
Oct 5, 2009 · 120 individuals have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1901-2023. List of all literature laureates. Youngest literature laureate. To date, the youngest literature laureate is Rudyard Kipling, best known for The Jungle Book, who was 41 years old when he was awarded the literature prize in 1907. Oldest literature laureate.
May 19, 2024 · German writer Thomas Mann (1875–1955) won the 1929 Nobel Laureate in Literature "principally for his great novel, 'Buddenbrooks' (1901) which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature."
Two Nobel laureates, Jean-Paul Sartre (Literature, 1964) and Lê Ðức Thọ (Peace, 1973), declined the award; Sartre declined the award as he declined all official honors, and Thọ declined the award due to the situation Vietnam was in at the time.
