The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 was awarded to Wole Soyinka "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence"
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Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.