Alexis Leger (pronounced ; 31 May 1887 – 20 September 1975), better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse (French: ; also Saint-Leger Leger), was a French poet-diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." He was a major French diplomat from 1914 to 1940, after which he lived primarily in the United …

This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by country. ... Jean-Paul Sartre, Literature, 1964 (declined the prize) Saint-John Perse, Literature, 1960; Albert Camus, born in French Algeria, Literature, 1957; André Frédéric Cournand, Physiology or Medicine, …

The Nobel Prize in Literature is one of many Nobel Prizes given in honor of Alfred Nobel. ... Saint-John Perse: France: French: 1961 Ivo Andric: Yugoslavia: Serbo-Croat: 1962 John Steinbeck: United States: English: 1963 Giorgos Seferis: Greece: Greek: 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre (declined the prize) [permanent dead link] France:

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ɡystav lə klezjo]; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor.The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new …

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". It was announced by the Swedish Academy on 6 October 2022. Ernaux is the 16th French writer – the first Frenchwoman – and the 17th female author, to …

The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded, according to the will of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind” in the field of literature. ... Saint-John Perse: France poet 1961 Ivo Andric: Yugoslavia novelist 1962 John Steinbeck ...

The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors which, according to the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the benefactor of the prize, has produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction". It is one of the five Nobel Prizes which are awarded for outstanding …

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL (/ k æ ˈ z uː oʊ ˌ ɪ ʃ ɪ ˈ ɡ ʊər oʊ, ˈ k æ z u oʊ-/ kaz-OO-oh ISH-ig-OOR-oh, KAZ-oo-oh -⁠; born 8 November 1954) is a British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer.Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five.. He is one of the most critically-acclaimed and praised ...

William Golding was born in his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mount Wise, Newquay, Cornwall. The house was known as Karenza, the Cornish word for love, and he spent many childhood holidays there. He grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where his father, Alec Golding, was a science master at Marlborough Grammar School (1905 to retirement), the school the …