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Nobel Prize

France · Arts / Literature. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1904–2022Date range
7Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1904

Frederic Mistral1904

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

1915

Romain Rolland1915

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

1921

Anatole France1921

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

1952

Francois Mauriac1952

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

2000

Gao Xingjian2000

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity opening new paths in Chinese literature.

2014

Patrick Modiano2014

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for the art of memory and evocations of life under occupation.

2022

Annie Ernaux2022

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for courage and clinical acuity in exploring the roots and restraints of personal memory.

Names involved

Anatole FranceAnnie ErnauxFrancois MauriacFrederic MistralGao XingjianPatrick ModianoRomain Rolland

Provenance

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