Nobel Prize

Fun Facts Friday: Frans Eemil Sillanpää

Frans Eemil Sillanpää was a famous Finnish writer, and the first Finn to win the Nobel Prize for literature. He…

2 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska (2, July 1923 – 1, February 2012) was a Nobel Prize winning poet. Translator, and essayist from Poland.

3 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata (11 June, 1899 –16 April, 1972) was a Nobel Prize winning novelist from Japan. He was the first…

3 years ago

Book Review: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

The book follows Dr. Doudna’s journey to create a gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolution in the…

3 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy (14 August, 1867 – 31 January, 1933) was an English novelist and playwright, as well as the 1932…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda (12 July, 1904 – 23 September, 1973) was a Nobel Prize winning poet from in Parral, Chile he…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Odysseas Elytis

Odysseas Elytis (2 November, 1911 – 18 March, 1996) was a Greek poet, Program Director of the Greek National Radio…

6 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Giosuè Carducci

Giosuè Carducci (27 July, 1835 – 16 February, 1907) was a Nobel Prize winning Italian poet and author born in…

6 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Erik Karlfeldt

Erik Karlfeldt (20 July, 1864 – 8 April, 1931) was a popular Swedish poet, member of the Swedish Academy, and…

6 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April, 1906 – 22 December, 1989) was a Nobel Prize winning playwright and novelist from Ireland.…

6 years ago

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