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Ivo Andrić | |
![]() "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country." | |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Presented by | Swedish Academy |
Hosted by | Anders Österling |
First award | 1901 |
Website | Official website |
The 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Yugoslav/Serbian [1] writer Ivo Andrić (1892–1975) "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country."[2][3] He is the first and only Serbian-speaking recipient of the literature prize.[3]