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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950

"in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
United Kingdom
b. 1872
d. 1970
 
 
 
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