1947 Nobel Prize in Literature

1947 Nobel Prize in Literature
André Gide
"for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
Date
  • 13 November 1947 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1947
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the French author André Gide "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight".[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947". nobelprize.org.
  2. ^ "Gide Gets Nobel Literature Prize". New York Times. 14 November 1947.