The Nobel Challenge

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151 participants (713 books)

Overview

According to Wikipedia, "The Nobel Prize in Literature is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, 'in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction'". So, this will be a list updated every year with the new winner, so you can challenge yourself to read at least a book of each of them!

The Nobel Challenge

arielstrb Host

151 participants (713 books)

Overview

According to Wikipedia, "The Nobel Prize in Literature is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, 'in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction'". So, this will be a list updated every year with the new winner, so you can challenge yourself to read at least a book of each of them!

Challenge Prompts

61. Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970) (1 added)

Co-winner of 1966

62. Nelly Sachs (1891–1970) (2 added)

Co-winner of 1966

63. Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974) (3 added)

Winner of 1967

64. Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) (5 added)

Winner of 1968

65. Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) (8 added)

Winner of 1969

66. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) (8 added)

Winner of 1970

67. Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) (15 added)

Winner of 1971

69. Patrick White (1912–1990) (8 added)

Winner of 1973

70. Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) (2 added)

Co-winner of 1974

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