Abstract

This chapter explains how Ivan Bunin became the first Russian writer to ever receive the Nobel Prize. It provides an overview of how the ceremony proceeded, mentioning that the official invitation for the ceremony was written in French in full accord with that exactness that distinguishes all Swedish rituals. Bunin was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933 by the Swedish Academy. The chapter also notes that Bunin and his wife were invited to the king's palace for dinner alongside the other laureates. It mentions that Bunin visited the cemetery where he paid respects to Alfred Nobel on the anniversary of his death.

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