Pearl Buck
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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.
Source: University of Pennsylvania Photographer: Karl Sandels Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
3 (of 3) Portrait of Pearl Buck.
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Photographer: Arnold Genthe Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
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