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Nobel Prize Winners of 2009

And a Look Back at Past Recipients

Nobel Prize in Literature

5-cent Pearl Buck stamp — In 1938, Pearl Buck became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. This stamp honoring her was issued June 25, 1983.

$1 Eugene O'Neill stamp — Playwright Eugene O'Neill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. This 1-dollar stamp honoring him was issued October 16, 1967.

25-cent Ernest Hemingway stamp — Writer Ernest Hemingway received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. This 25-cent stamp honoring him was issued July 17, 1989.

On October 8, the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller. The Swedish Academy who picked Ms. Müller for the Prize described her as a writer “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.”

The stamps shown here feature American recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature including the first American man to win the Prize, Sinclair Lewis and the first American woman, Pearl Buck.

14-cent Sinclair Lewis stamp — Novelist Sinclair Lewis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. This 14-cent stamp honoring him was issued march 21, 1985.

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