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The
Nobel Prize in Literature
is one of many
Nobel Prizes
given in honor of
Alfred Nobel
. Every year, a
writer
is chosen by the
Swedish Academy
to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. They choose someone who they think has written something that has great value.
[1]
The prize was awarded the first time in 1901 to
Sully Prudhomme
of France.
[2]
List of Nobel Prize laureates (winners) in Literature from 1901 to the present date.