1980 Nobel Prize in Literature

1980 Nobel Prize in Literature
Czesław Miłosz
"who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts"
Date
  • 9 October 1980 (1980-10-09) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1980
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Polish-American poet and prose writer Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004) "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts."