Nobel Prize in Literature quiz
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Which Doctor Zhivago author was made to decline the 1958 prize?
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Which philosopher turned down the 1964 prize?
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre
Why: Sartre had already refused France's highest honour, the Légion d'honneur, back in 1945.
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What language did 1978 laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer write in?
Answer: Yiddish
Why: Even after settling in New York in 1935, Singer kept writing in Yiddish rather than in English.
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What novel did Thomas Mann's 1929 citation praise?
Answer: Buddenbrooks
Why: Buddenbrooks came out in 1901, while The Magic Mountain, from 1924, goes unmentioned in the citation.
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Which singer-songwriter won in 2016?
Answer: Bob Dylan
Why: Laureates must give a lecture within six months to collect the prize money, and Dylan sent his as a recording in June 2017.
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Who received the 2018 prize a year late, in 2019?
Answer: Olga Tokarczuk
Why: Her 2018 prize and Peter Handke's 2019 prize were announced together, on 10 October 2019.
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Where were both 1974 co-laureates from?
Answer: Sweden
Why: Both 1974 laureates, Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson, sat in the very Swedish Academy that chose them.
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