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The Origin and Development of Nobel Prize in Literature
Let's start with the cause of Nobel Prize in Literature. 1895, 1654381October 27th, Nobel wrote a will, donated all his property and set up a fund of more than 3 1220000 Swedish kronor, and awarded the interest as a bonus to "the person who made the greatest contribution to mankind in the past year". According to his will, the Swedish government established the Nobel Foundation in the same year, which is responsible for distributing the annual interest of the fund in five equal parts: 1. A person who has made the most important discovery or invention in physics; 2. People who have made the most important discovery or improvement in chemistry; 3. People who have made the most important discoveries in physiology or medicine; 4. People who create the best works with ideal tendency in literature; 5. People who have done their best or made the greatest contribution to the harmony and goodwill among ethnic groups, the abolition or reduction of the standing army, and the organization and publicity of the peace conference. The physics and chemistry prizes are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy Science Prize; The Physiology and Medicine Prize is awarded by Caroline College of Surgery; The literature prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy Literature Prize; The Peace Prize is awarded by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament.

According to the wishes of the founder, Nobel Prize in Literature awarded "the person who has created the best works with ideal tendency in literature in the last year". 1900, the basic articles of association approved by the king were changed to "works created in recent years" or "works whose significance only appeared in recent years", and the concept of "literary works" was expanded to "works with literary value", including historical and philosophical works. The literature prize is managed by the Stockholm Nobel Foundation, and the winners are judged by the Swedish Academy. Therefore, a special institution was set up in the institute, and the Nobel Library was established to collect literary works, encyclopedias and newspaper articles from various countries.

As for development, Swedish chemist Nobel made a will before his death and awarded prizes with his legacy. Nobel Prize includes chemistry prize, medicine prize, physics prize, peace prize, literature prize and so on. After Nobel's death, these awards have been awarded dozens of times. At present, it is generally believed in the world that winning the Nobel Prize is a great achievement and contribution and a great honor.