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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Official Website of the Nobel Prize

For Students 9th - 10th
Home on the web of the Nobel Prize and the foundation that sponsors the awards, given annually, for outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The site features current winners each year. You will...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Prize in Literature website describes the prize and its past winners. Includes information on the authors, as well as acceptance speeches.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Gabriela Mistral

For Students 9th - 10th
Chilean author and educator Gabriela Mistral became the first Latin American author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: John Steinbeck: Detailed Bibliography and Awards

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a chronology of Steinbeck's work. Click on the year to view information about that year. The information on each novel is very brief, but this is a great resource for the covers (some of them the original) of his books.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Gabriela Mistral

For Students 9th - 10th
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is profiled as well as her poems and work in education reform.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Pearl Buck

For Students 9th - 10th
A short discussion of the influence of her experiences in China on Peal Buck's writings. Included is her portrait painted by Vita Solomon.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Bob Dylan, Titan of American Music, Wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for poetic impression in American Music. He is the first American in 23 years to be recognized for this prize.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gao Xingjian Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel Prize site offers a brief biographical sketch of the 2000 Nobel literature prize winner, plus a list of his works of works about him. Also provided are links to an interview with Xingjian, videos, a bibliography of his works,...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website from the Nobel eMuseum, you can read a biography of Rudyard Kipling, which summarizes Kipling's life, education, and published works. In additon, the Presentation Speech given by C.D. af Wirsen provides a detailed...
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: William Faulkner: Nobel Prize in Literature Acceptance Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of William Faulkner's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature delivered on December 10, 1950, in Stockholm Sweden.
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Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: Selma Lagerlof: Detailed Bibliography and Awards

For Students 9th - 10th
A bibliography for Swedish writer Selma Lagerlof providing links to her works as well as quick access to other authors and related links.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Beloved by Toni Morrison

For Students 9th - 10th
Beloved is a novel inspired by the true story of Margaret Garner, who escaped with her family from slavery in Kentucky to freedom in Ohio in 1856.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Gabriela Mistral

For Students 9th - 10th
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is profiled.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Rabindranath Tagore Biography

For Students 1st - 8th
Interesting biographical information and fun facts about Rabindranath Tagore, poet, composer, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.