Prize announcement

Announcement of the Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019, presented by Mats Malm,  Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 10 October 2019.

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MLA style: Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. Mon. 21 Sep 2020. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2019/prize-announcement/>

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