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7.5
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2019
Motivation: "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience"
Motivation: "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience"
0
0
2018
Motivation: "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life"
Motivation: "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life"
7.5
0
2017
Motivation: "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world"
Motivation: "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world"
7.9
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2016
Motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
Motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
2015
Motivation: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"
Motivation: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"
10
0
2014
Motivation: "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"
Motivation: "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"
7.5
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2012
Motivation: "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"
Motivation: "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"
2011
Motivation: "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
Motivation: "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
8.1
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2010
Motivation: "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat."
Motivation: "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat."
coroner's rating:
8.5
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2009
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Motivation: "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
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Motivation: "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
2008
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Motivation: "Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"
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Motivation: "Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"
8
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2007
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Motivation: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"
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Motivation: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"
coroner's rating:
8.7
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2006
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Motivation: "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
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Motivation: "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
coroner's rating:
8.2
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2005
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Motivation: "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"
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Motivation: "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"
8.7
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2004
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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"
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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"
8.6
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2003
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Motivation: "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider"
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Motivation: "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider"
coroner's rating:
7
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2002
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Motivation: "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"
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Motivation: "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"
7
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2001
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Motivation: "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"
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Motivation: "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"
8.8
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2000
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Motivation: "for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama"
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Motivation: "for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama"
6.4
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1999
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Motivation: "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history"
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Motivation: "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history"
coroner's rating:
8.7
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1998
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Motivation: "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality"
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Motivation: "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality"
coroner's rating:
8.5
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1997
Motivation: "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden"
Motivation: "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden"
9.5
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1996
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Motivation: "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality"
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Motivation: "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality"
8.5
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1995
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Motivation: "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"
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Motivation: "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"
9
0
1994
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Motivation: "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today"
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Motivation: "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today"
7.1
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1993
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Motivation: "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"
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Motivation: "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"
5
0
1992
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Motivation: "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"
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Motivation: "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"
9.5
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1991
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Motivation: "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"
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Motivation: "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"
7.8
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1990
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Motivation: "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity"
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Motivation: "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity"
6.7
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1989
Motivation: "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability"
Motivation: "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability"
9.3
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1988
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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"
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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
0
1987
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Motivation: "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"
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Motivation: "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"
0
0
1986
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Motivation: "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence"
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Motivation: "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence"
0
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"
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
0
1984
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Motivation: "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man"
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Motivation: "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man"
7.6
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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"
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"
coroner's rating:
8.5
0
1982
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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"
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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:
8.5
0
1981
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Motivation: "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"
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Motivation: "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"
coroner's rating:
5
0
1980
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Motivation: "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts"
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Motivation: "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts"
9.3
0
1979
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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"
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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"
1978
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Motivation: "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life"
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Motivation: "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life"
coroner's rating:
7.8
0
1977
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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"
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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"
7.1
0
1976
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Motivation: "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work"
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Motivation: "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work"
coroner's rating:
7.6
0
1975
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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"
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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"
coroner's rating:
8
0
1974*
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Motivation: "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
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Motivation: "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
0
0
1974*
Motivation: "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"
Motivation: "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"
8.5
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1973
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Motivation: "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"
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Motivation: "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"
7.8
0
1972
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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"
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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"
coroner's rating:
8.2
0
1971
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Motivation: "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams"
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Motivation: "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams"
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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
Notes:
*joint award
1914, 1918, 1935, 1940-43 Not Assigned
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