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Detailed explanation-1: -Announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature to Kazuo Ishiguro, presented by Professor Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 5 October 2017.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gurnah, who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in October for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”, was speaking during his Nobel lecture on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-3: -In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive this prize.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rabindranath Thakur, or Tagore, was the first Nobel Prize winner in India. He was awarded this award in 1913 for his contribution to the field of literature for his poem called Geetanjali. Sadhana and Geetanjali are two of his very famous literary works. But that’s not all.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Swedish Academy is responsible for the selection of the Nobel Prize laureates in literature, and has 18 members. The Nobel Committee for Literature is the working body that evaluates the nominations and presents its recommendations to the Swedish Academy, and comprises four to five members.