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Has anyone ever been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously and if so who and when?
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∙ 13y ago
No, Nobel prizes are not awarded posthumously.
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∙ 13y ago
Yes, there have been a few instances where the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded posthumously. One such example is Erik Axel Karlfeldt, who was awarded the prize in 1931 after his death in 1931. Another example is Boris Pasternak, who was awarded the prize in 1958, but declined it, and it was later awarded to him posthumously in 1989.
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