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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

Additional Information 

• About the 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.

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Last updated by NS on 01 MAY 2026

Explanation

• The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to a political leader from Venezuela.
• She is Maria Corina Machado, an opposition leader.
• She was honored for promoting democratic rights and free elections.

Additional information:

• The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors.

Last verified on 27-04-2026

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• The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was jointly awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson.
• They were honored for improvements in auction theory and new auction formats.
• Both are well-known scholars from Stanford University.

Last verified on 22-04-2026

Explanation

• Harold Pinter was a famous British (UK) playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
• He was known for his unique writing style called “Pinteresque.”
• Nobel Prize field: Literature
• Award year: 2005
• Born: 1930
• Died: 2008

Last verified on 21-04-2026

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The first Noble Prize to be awarded to a South Asian was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore.