Biography of the Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

Author: Song Zhaolin (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Since 1901, the awarding of the Nobel Prize has been considered a "gift left to humanity by individuals to promote human progress and welfare, with a purely idealistic purpose." However, it has long been a mystery how to interpret and execute the will, leading to the claim that "the history of the Nobel Prize in Literature seems to be a history of continuously interpreting a vaguely worded will." This puzzle has puzzled the world for a century and has also caused the Swedish Academy much difficulty. Theoretically, the Literature Prize is awarded to those "who have created the best works with an idealistic in literature." After World War II, the selection of the Nobel Prize in Literature placed greater emphasis on "literary pioneers" and also believed that only a realistic portrayal of the value and dilemmas of human existence could be considered a "historically profound idealistic." To date, there have been 101 Nobel Prize-winning authors; he will become a permanent award that stands the test of time. This book includes biographies of all 101 award-winning authors from 1901 to 2004. The authors are mostly experts in foreign literature. Mr. Gao Mang, former Editor-in-Chief of World Literature, a renowned translator, and portrait painter, has also created portraits of all the award-winning authors for this book.