1951 Nobel Prize in Literature

1951 Nobel Prize in Literature
1951 Nobel Prize in Literature
Pär Lagerkvist
	"for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind."
Date	November 1951 (announcement); 10 December 1951 ; (ceremony);
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Presented by	Swedish Academy
First awarded	1901
Website	Official website

The 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Swedish author Pär Lagerkvist "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind."^[1] Lagerkvist is the fourth Swedish recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature after Lagerlöf in 1909, Von Heidenstam in 1916, and Karlfeldt in 1931.

^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951". nobelprize.org.

[1] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951". nobelprize.org.

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