The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974
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Eyvind Johnson
Prize share: 1/2
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Harry Martinson
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 was divided equally between Eyvind Johnson "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom" and Harry Martinson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos."
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