His literary accomplishments richly merit recognition from the Swedish Academy and the prize would be a symbolic rebuke to the enemies of the free word.
Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organizations for work that has led to great advances for humankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel.
Here are five things to know about the prizes and their creator.
<strong>A MISUNDERSTANDING?</strong>
On April 12, 1888, Alfred Nobel’s elder brother Ludvig died in Cannes, France. But newspaper Le Figaro mixed up the brothers and announced Alfred’s death on its front page under a rather inflammatory headline: “A man who can hardly be called a benefactor of humanity died yesterday in Cannes. He is Nobel, inventor of dynamite.”
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The first of the 2021 Nobel Prizes are announced Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology or medicine. Also Read: COVID Vaccine May Win Nobel Medicine Prize: Check Winners Till Now A panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm will announce the recipient after 11:30 a.m. (0930 GMT). The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and 10