Nobel Prize in Literature publicly available at The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Currently, only nominations submitted between 1901 and 1968 are available for public viewing. This secrecy has led to speculation about the next Nobel laureate. According to Göran Malmqvist of the Swedish Academy, Chinese writer Shen Congwen was to have been awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature, had he not suddenly died that year. From 1901 to 1912, the committee, headed by the conservative Carl David af Wirsén, weighed the literary quality of a work against its contribution towards humanity's struggle 'toward the ideal'. Tolstoy, Ibsen, Zola, and
Sammy Jo Prudhomme Sammy Jo Prudhomme Sammy Jo Prudhomme (born October 25, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Boston Breakers. Born in Torrance, CA and raised in Aliso Viejo, California, Sammy Jo attended Aliso Niguel High School, where she lettered all four years and started her Junior and Senior seasons, became the MVP and Team Captain for both years. She is the daughter of Jon and Jo Beth Prudhomme, and has one brother, Nick. Prudhomme began her college career as an Oregon