Statesman · 1874 – 1965
Winston Churchill
Little-Known Facts
- He earned much of his income from writing, producing dozens of volumes of history and memoir.
- The Nobel committee cited his mastery of historical and biographical description and his oratory.
Myths & Misconceptions
Did Churchill win the Nobel Prize for Peace?
No — he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1953, for his historical writing and oratory, not the Peace Prize.