Famous Nobel Prize Winner in Literature

The Most Famous Nobel Prize Winner in Literature

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Gabriel Garcia MarquezMarch 6, 1927ColombianGabriel Garcia Marquez was a Colombian novelist counted among the greatest writers of the 20th century
Kazuo IshiguroNovember 8, 1954BritishKazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017
Svetlana AlexievichMay 31, 1948BelarusianSvetlana Alexievich is an eminent Belarusian journalist and writer who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Sinclair LewisFebruary 7, 1885AmericanSinclair Lewis was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Elfriede JelinekOctober 20, 1946AustrianElfriede Jelinek is a Nobel Prize winning Austrian novelist and playwright
Harold PinterOctober 10, 1930BritishHarold Pinter was an English playwright, poet, screenwriter, director, actor who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter was an English playwright, poet, screenwriter, director, actor who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature

BritishOctober 10, 1930115 views

Elfriede Jelinek

Elfriede Jelinek is a Nobel Prize winning Austrian novelist and playwright

AustrianOctober 20, 1946133 views

Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich is an eminent Belarusian journalist and writer who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature

BelarusianMay 31, 1948153 views

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017

BritishNovember 8, 1954153 views

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Colombian novelist counted among the greatest writers of the 20th century

ColombianMarch 6, 1927168 views