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Originally Posted by HarryT
Isn't the Nobel prize for literature generally awarded as a recognition of the author's "lifetime achievements", rather than for a specific book? I can't think of any case in which it's been awarded to a young author, for example.
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From Wikipedia:
The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).[1][2] The "work" in this case refers to an author's work as a whole,
though individual works are sometimes also cited. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given year and announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature