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The two people who were awarded Nobel Prize posthumously

Fact - Only two people have been awarded the Nobel Prize posthumously - Dag Hammarskjöld (Nobel Peace Prize 1961) and Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Nobel Prize in Literature 1931)
Pic Credits: "Nobel Prize" by Photograph: JonathunderMedal: Erik Lindberg (1873-1966) - Derivative of File:NobelPrize.JPG. Via Wikipedia.

Only two people have been awarded the Nobel Prize posthumously – Dag Hammarskjöld (Nobel Peace Prize 1961) and Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Nobel Prize in Literature 1931).

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