Nobel Literature Prize

The Murakami Factor

The 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature went to Peruvian author Llosa. But Japan’s most celebrated contemporary writer must surely stand a chance in the future.

Gao Xingjian

This writer once went on a spiritual trek through mountainous southwest China.

Kenzaburō Ōe

This ‘nonconformist’ writer supports human rights and denounces nuclear weapons.

Patrick White

This literary great sent a friend to accept his Nobel Prize for him in 1973.

Yasunari Kawabata

This iconic writer and Asian Nobel Laureate brought ‘beauty’ and ‘Japan’ together.

Rabindranath Tagore

This popular literary figure was the first Asian to win a Nobel Literature prize.

Nobel Literature Series

Despite big changes in literature, we’ve found reason to turn the focus back on it.