As the Nobel folks prepare to hand out this year's literature prize, RAY KUGLER digs up some newsreel footage of the first American to win the award.
asap Retro: A Nobel American
Quick -- who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature? Your only hint: It happened in 1930.
Give up?
Just as this year's award is being announced, asap reveals the answer in an asap Retro video report featuring newsreel footage dug up from the AP's archives.
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See the video here.
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Ray Kugler is asap's senior audiovisual reporter.
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