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List added by coroner on 20 September 2008 01:21
Nobel Prize in Literature |
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2008
 Motivation: "Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" 
  8 2007
 Motivation: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny" 
9.5 2006
 Motivation: "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures" 
8 2005
 Motivation: "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms" 
9 2004
 Motivation: "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power" 
9 2003
 Motivation: "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider" 
8 2002
 Motivation: "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history" 
7 2001
 Motivation: "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories" 
0 2000
 Motivation: "for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama" 
4 1999
 Motivation: "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" 
8.9 1998
 Motivation: "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality" 
0 1997
 Motivation: "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden" 
0 1996
 Motivation: "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality" 
0 1995
 Motivation: "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past" 
9 1994
 Motivation: "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today" 
7.3 1993
 Motivation: "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality" 
0 1992
 Motivation: "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment" 
0 1991
 Motivation: "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity" 
9.5 1990
 Motivation: "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity" 
0 1989
 Motivation: "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability" 
0 1988
 Motivation: "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind" 
10 1987
 Motivation: "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity" 
0 1986
 Motivation: "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence" 
0 1985
 Motivation: "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition" 
8 1984
 Motivation: "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man" 
7.2 1983
 Motivation: "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today" 
8.7 1982
 Motivation: "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts" coroner's rating:
 
0 1981
 Motivation: "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power" 
0 1980
 Motivation: "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts" 
0 1979
 Motivation: "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness" 
0 1978
 Motivation: "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life" 
0 1977
 Motivation: "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry beween the wars" 
0 1976
 Motivation: "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work" 
0 1975
 Motivation: "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions" 
0 1974*
 Motivation: "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos" 
0 1974*
 Motivation: "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom" 
0 1973
 Motivation: "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature" 
9 1972
 Motivation: "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature" 
8.8 1971
 Motivation: "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams" 
8 1970
 Motivation: "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature" 
7.3 1969
 Motivation: "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation" 
0 1968
 Motivation: "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind" 
0 1967
 Motivation: "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America" 
0 1966*
 Motivation: "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength" 
0 1966*
 Motivation: "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people" 
1965
 Motivation: "for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people" 
8.1 1964
 Motivation: "for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age" coroner's rating:
 
0 1963
 Motivation: "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture" 
7.8 1962
 Motivation: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception" 
0 1961
 Motivation: "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country"
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The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency" (original Swedish: den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning). The "work" in this case refers to an author's work as a whole, though individual works are sometimes also cited. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given year and announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October. Notes: *joint award 1914, 1918, 1935, 1940-43 Not Assigned  
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