What was significant about Nelly Sachs's Nobel Prize win?
It was the first given to a woman
It was the first given to a German-Swedish writer
It was given jointly with another writer
It was given posthumously
Answer
Nelly Sachs won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966, jointly with the Italian writer Salvatore Quasimodo. This was significant because it was the first time that a woman had won the prize in literature in its own right. Prior to this, women had only won the prize when they shared it with a man.
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