1976 Nobel Prize in Literature

1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
Saul Bellow
"for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work"
Date
  • 21 October 1976 (1976-10-21) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1976
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Canadian-American novelist Saul Bellow (1915–2005) "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work". He is the sixth American recipient of the prize. The previous American recipient was John Steinbeck in 1962.

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