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• The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for outstanding work in journalism and several other fields.
• It was established by Joseph Pulitzer.
• He was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher.
• The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917.
• Major categories include Journalism, Letters, Drama, and Music.
• The Pulitzer Prizes are administered by Columbia University in New York City.

Last verified 08-08-2026

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• 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature László Krasznahorkai (Nationality:  Hungarian).
• Purpose: For his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art
• Date: 9 October 2025 (announcement) 10 December 2025 (ceremony)
• Location: Stockholm, Sweden
• Presented by: Swedish Academy
• First award: 1901

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• Nobel Literature Prize 2024
• Winner: Han Kang
• Nationality:  South Korean
• Purpose: For her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.

Last verified on 06-05-2026

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About 2026 International Booker Prize

Winning Title: Taiwan Travelogue

Author: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

Translator: Lin King

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Additional Information:

The International Booker Prize is a major literary award that recognizes the best works of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

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German mathematician Gerd Faltings, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, became the first German researcher to win the Abel Prize.

Faltings was awarded the 2026 honor "for introducing powerful tools in arithmetic geometry and resolving long-standing diophantine conjectures of Mordell and Lang".

Additional Information:

The Abel Prize is one of the highest and most prestigious honors in mathematics.

Explanation

German mathematician Gerd Faltings, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, became the first German researcher to win the Abel Prize.

Faltings was awarded the 2026 honor "for introducing powerful tools in arithmetic geometry and resolving long-standing diophantine conjectures of Mordell and Lang".

Additional Information:

The Abel Prize is one of the highest and most prestigious honors in mathematics.