"for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."
Date
25 October 1962 (announcement)
10 December 1962 (ceremony)
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Presented by
Swedish Academy
First awarded
1901
Website
Official website
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The 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American author John Steinbeck (1902–1968) "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."[1]
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