The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 118 times to 122 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Literature 1929
“principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1928
“principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1927
“in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1926
“for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1925
“for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1924
“for his great national epic, The Peasants”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1923
“for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1922
“for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1921
“in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1920
“for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil”