1996 Nobel Prize in Literature

1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
Wisława Szymborska
"for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality."
Date
  • 3 October 1996 (1996-10-03) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1996
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

The 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Polish poet Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality." Szymborska is the 9th female recipient and the 5th Nobel laureate from Poland after Czesław Miłosz in 1980.

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