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Nobel Literature Prize: awarded 114 times, won only 14 times by women
Since it was first awarded in 1901, the Nobel Literature Prize has been awarded 114 times, however, only 14 women have won the prestigious prize.
The names of the 2018 and 2019 laureates will be revealed on Thursday, October 10, in Stockholm, so we bring you the list of female Nobel Literature Prize laureates.
- 2015 – Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus)
- 2013 – Alice Munro (Canada)
- 2009 – Herta Mueller (Germany)
- 2007 – Doris Lessing (Britain)
- 2004 – Elfriede Jelinek (Austria)
- 1996 – Wislawa Szymborska (Poland)
- 1993 – Toni Morrison (United States)
- 1991 – Nadine Gordimer (South Africa)
- 1966 – Nelly Sachs (Sweden), with Shmuel Agnon of Israel
- 1945 – Gabriela Mistral (Chile)
- 1938 – Pearl Buck (United States)
- 1928 – Sigrid Undset (Norway)
- 1926 – Grazia Deledda (Italy)
- 1909 – Selma Lagerlof (Sweden)
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