1983 Nobel Prize in Literature

1983 Nobel Prize in Literature
William Golding
"for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today"
Date
  • 6 October 1983 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1983
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British author William Golding (1911–1993) "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today".