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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966

"for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"
"for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength"
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Nelly Sachs
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Nelly Sachs
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
Israel Sweden
b. 1888
d. 1970		 b. 1891
(in Berlin, Germany)
d. 1970
 
 
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