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Nobel Prize in Literature

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1927–1957Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1927

Henri Bergson10 December 1927

Stockholm · Humanities / Philosophy

Bergson receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for his rich and vitalising ideas.

1957

Albert Camus10 December 1957

Stockholm · Humanities / Philosophy

Camus receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for illuminating problems of the human conscience.

Names involved

Albert CamusHenri Bergson

Provenance

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