The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903
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Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 was awarded to Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit."
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