ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Russell was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1908, and re-elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1944. He was awarded the Sylvester medal of the Royal Society, 1934, the de Morgan medal of the London Mathematical Society in the same year, the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1950.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notably, there is no Nobel Prize for philosophy, although Bertrand Russell won the Literature Prize in 1950. Albert Camus also won it (in 1957), as did Jean-Paul Sartre (in 1964), though he chose to turn it down.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Nobel Prize-winning British philosopher Bertrand Russell, we love in order to quench our physical and psychological desires. Love’s delight, intimacy and warmth helps us overcome our fear of the world, escape our lonely shells, and engage more abundantly in life.