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1921
The 20th Century Almanac · The Twenties

1921

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The Irish Free State was born from a treaty ending the war with Britain, and Lenin launched the New Economic Policy to revive a famine-stricken Russia. The Washington Naval Conference opened to curb the arms race, and insulin was discovered in Toronto.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Nobel · Literature
Anatole France (Pen-Name Of Thibault
World Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
SODDY, FREDERICK, Great Britain, Oxford University, b. 1877, d. 1956: "for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes"
Literature
ANATOLE FRANCE (pen-name of THIBAULT, JACQUES ANATOLE), France, b. 1844, d. 1924: "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic
Peace
The prize was divided equally between: BRANTING, KARL HJALMAR, Sweden, b. 1860, d. 1925: Prime Minister. Swedish Delegate to the Conseil de la SociŽtŽ des Nations (Council of the League of Nations). LANGE, CHRISTIAN L., Norway, b.
Physiology or Medicine
The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
Physics
, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Zona Gale ... "Miss Lulu Bett"
Fiction
Edith Wharton ... "The Age of Innocence"
History
William Sowden Sims with Burton J. Hendrick ... "The Victory at Sea"
Public Service
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