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.
Yasunari Kawabata(Novelist)
11 June 1899
Japanese
Henryk Sienkiewicz(Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist)
05 May 1846
Polish
Romain Rolland(Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist, Musicologist)
29 January 1866
French
Elias Canetti(Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist)
25 July 1905
British
Shmuel Yosef AgnonUkrainian
Gao Xingjian(Writer, Painter, Translator, Novelist, Playwright, Literary critic)
04 January 1940
Chinese,French
Eugenio Montale(poet, writer, journalist, translator)
12 January 1896
Italian
Nelly Sachs(Poet, Playwright, Writer)
10 December 1891
German,Swedish
Sully Prudhomme(Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist)
16 March 1839
French
Saint-John Perse(Poet, Writer, Diplomat)
31 May 1887
French,Guadeloupean
Harry Martinson(Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer)
06 May 1904
Swedish
Claude Simon(Writer, Novelist)
10 October 1913
French
Carl Spitteler(Poet, Writer)
24 April 1845
Swiss
Rudolf Christoph Eucken(Philosopher, Writer, University teacher)
05 January 1846
German
Thomas Stearns Eliot26 September 1888
British,American
George Seferis((empty))
13 March 1900
Greek
