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| | The Nobel Prize in Literature |
 | | Camilo José Cela, who had, in an international perspective, modest claims to the title "pioneer", but who was, in Spanish literature, the great innovator of post-war fiction. |
 | | His will had an international horizon, though it rejected any consideration for the nationality of the candidates: the most worthy should be chosen, "whether he be Scandinavian or not". |
 | | International criticism of the Literature Prize has usually treated the Academy's practice during the first century of the Prize as a whole, overlooking the differences in outlook and criteria between the various periods, even neglecting the continuous renewal which makes the Academy of, say, 1950 a jury much different from Wirsén's. |
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