1991 Nobel Prize in Literature

1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
Nadine Gordimer
"who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity."
Date
  • 3 October 1991 (1991-10-03) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1991
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the South African activist and writer Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity."[1] She is the 7th female and first South African recipient of the prize followed by J. M. Coetzee in 2003.[2][3]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 nobelprize.org
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