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1 (of 3) Pearl Buck receiving her Nobel Prize from King Gustaf V of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 1938.

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2 (of 3) At the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1938, only two Nobel Laureates were present: Pearl Buck, Literature Laureate, and Enrico Fermi, Physics Laureate.

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3 (of 3) Portrait of Pearl Buck.

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