1948 Nobel Prize in Literature

1948 Nobel Prize in Literature
1948 Nobel Prize in Literature
Thomas Stearns Eliot
	"for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry."
Date	4 November 1948 (announcement); 10 December 1948 ; (ceremony);
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Presented by	Swedish Academy
First awarded	1901
Website	Official website

The 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to British-American poet Thomas Stearns Eliot (pen name, T. S. Eliot) (1888–1965) "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry."^[1] Eliot is the fourth British (born in the United States) recipient of the prize after John Galsworthy in 1932.

^ The Nobel Prize in literature 1948 nobelprize.org

[1] The Nobel Prize in literature 1948 nobelprize.org

[1]