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Literature · 1939
Frans Eemil Sillanpää received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with nature. The award recognizes how this contribution changed the direction of its field. This achievement represents one of the major advances recognized in literature at the time.