Nobel Laureates In Literature

Ernest Hemmingway, T.S Elliot and Herman Hasse are a few famous Nobel Laureates In Literature

Literature has influenced the world greatly and has many times even changed it or the better. However, there have also been times where a few works of literature have resulted in wars, conflicts, controversies and has even divided people based on ideologies. Legendary writers like Ernest Hemmingway, Pablo Neruda, T.S Elliott, William Faulkner, Herman Hasse and Rabindranath Tagore have bagged the Nobel Prize for literature in the past. Ernest Hemmingway was honored with the prestigious prize in 1954. This noted novelist and writer from the United States has penned several path breaking literary works like ‘A Farewell To Arms’, ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, ‘The Sun Also Rises’ and ‘The Old Man And The Sea’. Hemmingway has also penned several short stories as well. T.S Elliot was considered one of the best poets of the 20th century. Many works of these individuals are famous worldwide and some of their novels have also been the inspiration behind blockbuster flicks.
Bob DylanBob Dylan
(Singer & Songwriter)

24 May 1941

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

American

Gemini

Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore
(Poet and Author)

07 May 1861

07 August 1941

India

Indian

Taurus

Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling
(Author & Poet)

30 December 1865

18 January 1936

India

British

Capricorn

Albert CamusAlbert Camus
(Philosopher)

07 November 1913

04 January 1960

Dréan

Algerian,French

Scorpio

T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot
(Poet)

26 September 1888

04 January 1965

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

American

Libra

John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck
(Author)

27 February 1902

20 December 1968

Salinas

American

Pisces

Jean-Paul SartreJean-Paul Sartre
(Philosopher)

21 June 1905

15 April 1980

Paris

French

Gemini

George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw
(Playwright)

26 July 1856

02 November 1950

Dublin

Irish

Leo

William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner
(Writer, Nobel Laureate)

25 September 1897

06 July 1962

New Albany, Mississippi, U.S

American

Libra

Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett
(Novelist, Playwright, Theater Director)

13 April 1906

22 December 1989

Foxrock, Ireland

Irish

Aries

Toni MorrisonToni Morrison
(American novelist)

18 February 1931

Lorain, Ohio

American

Aquarius

Aleksandr Isayevich SolzhenitsynAleksandr Solzhenitsyn
(Author)

11 December 1918

03 August 2008

Kislovodsk, Russian SFSR

Soviet Russian,Russian

Sagittarius

Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda
(Chilean poet)

12 July 1904

23 September 1973

Parral, Chile

Chilean

Cancer

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Eugene O'Neill
(Playwright)

16 October 1888

27 November 1953

New York City, New York, U.S.

American

Libra

Hermann HesseHermann Hesse
(Poet)

02 July 1877

09 August 1962

Calw

Swiss,German

Cancer

William GoldingWilliam Golding
(Novelist)

19 September 1911

19 June 1993

Newquay

British

Virgo

Paul Thomas MannThomas Mann
(Novelist, Short Story Writer)

06 June 1875

12 August 1955

Lübeck, Germany

Swiss,German

Gemini

Mario Vargas LlosaMario Vargas Llosa
(Writer)

28 March 1936

Arequipa

Peruvian

Aries

Harold PinterHarold Pinter
(Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)

10 October 1930

24 December 2008

Metropolitan Borough of Hackney

British

Libra

Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney
(Poet)

13 April 1939

30 August 2013

Castledawson

Irish

Aries

Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka
(Author, Poet, Playwright)

13 July 1934

Abeokuta

Nigerian

Cancer

Alice MunroAlice Munro

10 July 1931

Wingham, Ontario, Canada

Canadian

Cancer

Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis
(Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)

07 February 1885

10 January 1951

Sauk Centre

American

Aquarius

Doris LessingDoris Lessing
(Novelist, Short Story Writer)

22 October 1919

17 November 2013

Kermanshah

British

Libra

Boris PasternakBoris Pasternak
(Poet & Writer)

10 February 1890

30 May 1960

Moscow

Soviet Russian,Russian

Aquarius

Saul Bellow Saul Bellow
(Novelist)

10 June 1915

05 April 2005

Lachine, Quebec, Canada

American

Gemini

Derek WalcottDerek Walcott
(Poet)

23 January 1930

Castries, Saint Lucia

Saint Lucian

Aquarius

Orhan PamukOrhan Pamuk

07 June 1952

Istanbul, Turkey

Turkish

Gemini

Henri BergsonHenri Bergson
(Philosopher and Writer)

18 October 1859

04 January 1941

Paris

French

Libra

Octavio PazOctavio Paz
(Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate)

31 March 1914

19 April 1998

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican

Aries

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz
(Novelist)

11 December 1911

30 August 2006

Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian

Sagittarius

Gabriela MistralGabriela Mistral
(Chilean poet)

07 April 1889

10 January 1957

Vicuña

Chilean

Aries

Luigi PirandelloLuigi Pirandello
(Writer)

28 June 1867

10 December 1936

Agrigento

Italian

Cancer

John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy
(Nobel Laureate in Literature)

14 August 1867

31 January 1933

Kingston upon Thames

American

Leo

Nadine GordimerNadine Gordimer
(Writer, Political Activist)

20 November 1923

13 July 2014

Transvaal, South Africa

South African

Scorpio

Joseph BrodskyJoseph Brodsky
(Essayist & Poet)

24 May 1940

28 January 1996

Saint Petersburg

Russian

Gemini

Isaac Bashevis SingerIsaac Bashevis Singer
(Writer)

21 November 1902

24 July 1991

Leoncin, Congress Poland

Polish,American

Scorpio

Svetlana AlexievichSvetlana Alexievich
(Write and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)

31 May 1948

Ivano-Frankivsk

Belarusian

Gemini

Knut HamsunKnut Hamsun
(Writer)

04 August 1859

19 February 1952

Lom

Norwegian

Leo

Anatole FranceAnatole France
(Writer)

16 April 1844

12 October 1924

Paris, France

French

Aries

Mo YanMo Yan
(Novelist & Short Story Writer)

17 February 1955

Gaomi, Shandong, China

Chinese

Aquarius

Patrick WhitePatrick White
(Australian Writer)

28 May 1912

30 September 1990

Knightsbridge, London, England

Australian

Gemini

Dario FoDario Fo
(Playwright)

24 March 1926

Sangiano

Italian

Aries

Jean Patrick ModianoPatrick Modiano
(French Novelist)

30 July 1945

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

French

Leo

Elfriede JelinekElfriede Jelinek
(Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)

20 October 1946

Mürzzuschlag

Austrian

Libra

Ivan BuninIvan Bunin
(Writer)

22 October 1870

08 November 1953

Voronezh

Russian

Libra

Sigrid UndsetSigrid Undset
(Nobel Laureate in Literature)

20 May 1882

10 June 1949

Kalundborg

Norwegian

Taurus

Grazia DeleddaGrazia Deledda
(Nobel Laureate in Literature)

27 September 1871

15 August 1936

Nuoro

Italian

Libra

Salvatore Quasimodo Salvatore Quasimodo
(Author & Poet)

20 August 1901

14 June 1968

Modica

Italian

Leo

Pearl BuckPearl Buck
(American writer)

26 June 1892

06 March 1973

Hillsboro

American

Cancer

Wisława SzymborskaWisława Szymborska
(Nobel Laureate in Literature)

02 July 1923

01 February 2012

Kórnik

Polish

Cancer

Ivo AndricIvo Andric
(Novelist)

09 October 1892

13 March 1975

Travnik

Yugoslav

Libra

Miguel Ãngel AsturiasMiguel Ãngel Asturias
(Poet)

19 October 1899

09 June 1974

Guatemala City

Guamanian

Libra

Czesław MiłoszCzesław Miłosz
(Poet)

30 June 1911

14 August 2004

Šeteniai

Polish

Cancer

Yasunari KawabataYasunari Kawabata
(Novelist)

11 June 1899

16 April 1972

Osaka

Japanese

Gemini

Henryk SienkiewiczHenryk Sienkiewicz
(Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist)

05 May 1846

15 November 1916

Wola Okrzejska

Polish

Taurus

Romain RollandRomain Rolland
(Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist, Musicologist)

29 January 1866

30 December 1944

Clamecy, Nièvre

French

Aquarius

Elias CanettiElias Canetti
(Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist)

25 July 1905

14 August 1994

Rousse

British

Leo

Shmuel Yosef AgnonShmuel Yosef Agnon

Buchach

Ukrainian

Gao XingjianGao Xingjian
(Writer, Painter, Translator, Novelist, Playwright, Literary critic)

04 January 1940

Ganzhou

Chinese,French

Capricorn

Nelly SachsNelly Sachs
(Poet, Playwright, Writer)

10 December 1891

12 May 1970

Schöneberg

German,Swedish

Sagittarius

Eugenio MontaleEugenio Montale
(poet, writer, journalist, translator)

12 January 1896

12 September 1981

Genoa

Italian

Capricorn

Sully PrudhommeSully Prudhomme
(Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist)

16 March 1839

07 September 1907

Paris

French

Pisces

Saint-John PerseSaint-John Perse
(Poet, Writer, Diplomat)

31 May 1887

20 September 1975

Pointe-à-Pitre

French,Guadeloupean

Gemini

Harry MartinsonHarry Martinson
(Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer)

06 May 1904

11 February 1978

Jämshög

Swedish

Taurus

Claude SimonClaude Simon
(Writer, Novelist)

10 October 1913

06 July 2005

Antananarivo

French

Libra

Rudolf Christoph EuckenRudolf Christoph Eucken
(Philosopher, Writer, University teacher)

05 January 1846

14 September 1926

Aurich

German

Capricorn

Carl SpittelerCarl Spitteler
(Poet, Writer)

24 April 1845

29 December 1924

Liestal

Swiss

Taurus

George SeferisGeorge Seferis
((empty))

13 March 1900

20 September 1971

Urla

Greek

Pisces

Thomas Stearns EliotThomas Stearns Eliot

26 September 1888

04 January 1965

St. Louis

British,American

Libra

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