Nobel Prize in Literature

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Nobel Prize literary award

The Nobel Prize in Literature is a prestigious international award presented annually to an author whose body of work has made an outstanding contribution to the field of literature.

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instanceOf Nobel Prize →
literary award →
2018PostponementReason Swedish Academy scandal →
administeredBy Nobel Foundation →
awardCategory Literature →
awardedFor body of work by an author →
outstanding contributions in literature →
awardingBody Swedish Academy →
awardingBodyType learned society →
ceremonyHeldIn Stockholm Concert Hall →
ceremonyHeldOn 10 December →
country Sweden →
countryOfAwarding Sweden →
eligibility living authors →
establishedBy will of Alfred Nobel →
field literature →
firstAwarded 1901 →
firstLaureate Sully Prudhomme →
foundedBy Alfred Nobel →
frequency annual →
hasControversies yes →
hasGenderDistributionIssues yes →
hasLanguageRequirement none →
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/ →
inception 1901 →
includes diploma →
gold medal →
languageOfAnnouncement English →
Swedish →
legalBasis Alfred Nobel’s will of 1895 →
location Stockholm County →
surface form: "Stockholm"
monetaryAward cash prize →
namedAfter Alfred Nobel →
nominationsBy qualified nominators worldwide →
notableControversy 2018 award postponement →
notableLaureate Bob Dylan →
Gabriel García Márquez →
Rabindranath Tagore →
Thomas Mann →
Toni Morrison →
partOf Nobel Prize →
surface form: "Nobel Prizes"
presentedBy Swedish Academy →
scope international →
selectionBy Swedish Academy →
selectionCriteria the most outstanding work in an ideal direction →
selectionProcess secret deliberations →
typicalLaureateType essayist →
novelist →
playwright →
poet →
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