Nobel Prize in Literature
Becomes the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognised for imagination and spiritual perception.
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1909 in Sweden
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Historical records for Sweden in 1909
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Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
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