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The distribution of Nobel prizes awarded to women is as follows: nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize (16.3% of 110 awarded); [5] eighteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (15% of 120 awarded); [6] thirteen have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (5.6% of 230 awarded); [7]
As of 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 121 individuals. [5] 18 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize. [6] [7] As of 2024, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French ...
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Curie is also the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her "masterpieces", two memoir-biographies of her missionary parents. [1] Buck was born in West Virginia, but in October 1892, her parents took their 4-month-old baby to China.
In 2013, Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited as a "master of the contemporary short story". [21] [22] [23] She was the first Canadian and the 13th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. [24] Munro had a longtime association with editor and publisher Douglas Gibson. [25]
On 6 October 2022, it was announced that Ernaux would be awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature [32] [33] "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". [1] Ernaux is the 16th French writer, and the first Frenchwoman, to receive the literature prize. [32]
Professor Ruth Cruickshank, who specialises in contemporary French fiction at Royal Holloway, University of London, said: "When a woman wins the Nobel Prize for Literature it is always great news. Thirteen dead and two living white French men ( Le Clézio and Modiano ) have been Nobel laureates since 1901...