Pearl Buck

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Pearl Buck receiving her Nobel Prize

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

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The 1938 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony

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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Portrait of Pearl Buck

Portrait of Pearl Buck.

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