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2011
Prize category:

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1977

Vicente Aleixandre

Documentary

On Thursday 6 October the Nobel Prize in Literature 1977 was awarded to 79-year-old Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre. The author, living in Madrid, was overcome with emotion when he heard the news. He said that he was very surprised, as he had been nominated several times before. He added that when he saw the press reports excluding him from the front-runners that year, he was not disturbed.

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French 2 min.
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MLA style: "Vicente Aleixandre - Documentary". Nobelprize.org. 10 Feb 2012 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1977/aleixandre-docu.html