1978Isaac Bashevis Singer Wins Nobel Prize

Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer receives Nobel Prize
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📖 First Yiddish Book Published

First Yiddish book published, in Poland.
First Yiddish Book Published (1534)
YiddishLiteratureCultureLanguage16th CenturyPolandJewish LanguagePrint culture
PolandPoland

✍️ Shmuel Yosef Agnon Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970) becomes the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Wins Nobel Prize in Literature (1966)
Shmuel Yosef AgnonNobel PrizeLiteratureHebrew LiteratureCultureJewish IdentityModern HebrewIsraelWriterRecognition
SwedenSwedenIsraelIsrael

✍️ Isaac Bashevis Singer Wins Nobel Prize

Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer receives Nobel Prize
Isaac Bashevis Singer Wins Nobel Prize (1978)
Yiddish LiteratureNobel PrizeLiteratureCultureIsaac Bashevis SingerPolandUnited States
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🕊️ Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Begin and Sadat

Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat are awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Begin and Sadat (1979)
Nobel Peace PrizePoliticsIsraelEgyptCamp David AccordsMenachem BeginAnwar Sadat
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🕊️ Elie Wiesel Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Elie Wiesel Wins Nobel Peace Prize (1986)
Nobel Peace PrizeElie WieselHolocaustLiteratureCultureUnited States
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