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Unit-VI
Language &
28 Literature
Nobel Laureates

The Nobel Prize is considered the most prestigious award given for intellectual
achievement in the world. Literature has been awarded 115 times to 119 Nobel Prize
laureates between 1901 and 2022.

Read the clues and write the names of the Nobel Laureates. You may use the Help Box.

1. He was an English journalist and
short-story writer. He was born
in India. He received the prize for
Literature in 1907. _______________

2. She was a South African novelist
and short-story writer. She received

the prize for Literature in 1991.
_______________
3. He was the first Indian and also the
first Asian to receive the award. He
received the prize for Literature in

1913. _______________

4. She is an American poet and essayist.
She received the prize for Literature
in 2020. _______________

5. He was a famous British writer
of Indian descent. He received
the prize for Literature in 2001.

_______________

6. He is a Chinese émigré novelist,
playwright, film director, and
translator. He received the prize for
Literature in 2000. _______________

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Fact File
Rabindranath Tagore, Rudyard Kipling,
France has the most Nobel Prize winners in Literature Gao Xingjian, Nadine Gordimer,
with 15 individuals who won the award since 1901. Louise Glück, Sir V.S. Naipaul

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