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A brief history of the Nobel Prizes

STORY: A brief history of the Nobel Prizes

The first prizes were awarded in 1901

Each one consists of a medal, a diploma and cash

18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize out of 109 awarded

Gandhi was nominated five times but never received the Peace Prize

Other past nominees include Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin

Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953

Martin Luther King missed out in 1963 because his nomination arrived late

He won the Peace Prize the following year

Obama won the Peace Prize in 2009 after less than nine months in office

Some critics called the decision premature

Bob Dylan became the first musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016

343 candidates have been nominated in 2022