Literature
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Sture Allén, of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, On the Nobel Day, 10th December, 1911, received that year’s Nobel Prize in Literature from the hands of King Gustavus V here in Stockholm. On the following day Naguib Mahfouz was born in…
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Biobibliografisk notis
Bio-bibliography
Swedish Biobibliografisk notis Doris Lessing är född den 22 oktober 1919 av brittiska föräldrar i Kermanshah i Persien (nuvarande Iran) som Doris May Taylor. Hennes far Alfred Cook Taylor, kapten i den brittiska armén under första världskriget, var banktjänsteman. Modern Emily Maude Taylor hade varit sjuksköterska. 1925 flyttade familjen till en farm i dåvarande Sydrhodesia…
moreJacinto Benavente – Biographical
Biographical
Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954), the son of a well-known pediatrician, was born in Madrid. He studied law, but when his father died and left him with a comfortable income, he abandoned his studies and travelled widely in France, England, and Russia. On his return to Spain he edited, and contributed to, several newspapers and journals. He…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
English Presentation Speech by Per Wästberg, Writer, Member of the , Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, 10 December 2007. Writer Per Wästberg delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Doris Lessing…
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