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A comment on Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel Prize in Literature This Year. Parent comment

Re:Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel Prize in Literature Thi... by nugget on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:14AM (#16994727)
Keep in mind that the Nobel prize comes with an approximately $1 million USD cash award. It's not just a fancy gold medal.
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Re:Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel Prize in Literature Thi... by dagw on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:22AM (#16994785)
And has been around for over 100 years with a pretty good track record of awarding the prize to innovations that have stood the test of time (with some notable exceptions when it comes to the peace prize).
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