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1939 Nobel Prize in Literature information


1939 Nobel Prize in Literature
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
"for his deep understanding of his country’s peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature."
Date
  • 6 October 1939 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1939
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Finnish writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964) "for his deep understanding of his country’s peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature."[1] He is the first and the only Finnish recipient of the prize.[2]

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1939 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ Frans Eemil Sillanpää britannica.com

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