Selma Lagerlof10 December 1909
Becomes the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognised for imagination and spiritual perception.
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Becomes the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognised for imagination and spiritual perception.
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as a leading representative of a new era in Swedish literature.
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously for his poetry.
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