Nobel laureate
Pär Lagerkvist — Nobel Prize in Literature 1951
“for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind”
Prize motivation
“for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind”
The Swedish Academy awarded Pär Lagerkvist the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind.
Other laureates of the 1950s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).