| Nobel Prize Trivia | Dates: 1901-present | |
Years Without a Nobel Prize in Literature
1943 | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1935 | 1918 | 1914
Youngest Nobel Literature Laureate
Rudyard Kipling, 1907, at age forty-two
Oldest Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Czech Poet Jaroslav Seifert, 1984, at age eighty-three
Women Chosen for The Nobel Prize in Literature
Wislawa Szymborska, Poland - 1996
Toni Morrison, USA - 1993
Nadine Gordimer, South Africa - 1991
Nelly Sachs Germany, Sweden - 1966
Gabriela Mistral, Chile - 1945
Pearl S. Buck, USA - 1938
Sigrid Undset, Norway - 1928
Grazia Deledda, Italy - 1926
Selma Lagerlöf, Sweden - 1909
As a nation, France claims the highest number of Literature Laureates with 12. The Laureates' nations are determined by where most of their work was done, not by country of birth, education or residence.
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