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Nobel Prize Winners in Literature: Grouped according to Nationality

Nobel Prize Winners in Literature American Toni Morrison (1993) Notable Works: The Bluest Eye , Beloved Louise Glück (2020) Notable Works: The Wild Iris , Faithful and Virtuous Night John Steinbeck (1962) Notable Works: The Grapes of Wrath , Of Mice and Men Ernest Hemingway (1954) Notable Works: The Old Man and the Sea , For Whom the Bell Tolls Eugene O'Neill (1936) Notable Works: Long Day's Journey into Night , The Iceman Cometh Pearl Buck (1938) Notable Works: The Good Earth Sinclair Lewis (1930) Notable Works: Main Street , Babbitt William Faulkner (1949) Notable Works: The Sound and the Fury , As I Lay Dying Saul Bellow (1976) Notable Works: Herzog , Henderson the Rain King Australian Patrick White (1973) Notable Works: Voss , The Tree of Man Austrian Peter Handke (2019) Notable Wo...

LITERARY AWARDS LIST

International Literary Awards 1. Nobel Prize in Literature Established: 1901 Awarded by: The Swedish Academy Eligibility: Authors of any nationality who have produced outstanding literary work. Purpose: To honor an author for their entire body of work or a specific masterpiece in literature. Notable Winners: Gabriel García Márquez, Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro. 2. Booker Prize Established: 1969 Awarded by: Booker Prize Foundation (UK) Eligibility: Authors from the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, and Zimbabwe (later expanded to global eligibility). Purpose: To honor the best original novel written in English. Notable Winners: Arundhati Roy, Hilary Mantel, Salman Rushdie. 3. National Book Award (USA) Established: 1950 Awarded by: National Book Foundation (USA) Elig...