Nobel Prize in Literature 1950
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Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 was awarded to Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
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