The Nobel Prize in Literature winners, 1930–1949
The top 3 according to 2 votes from people: Luigi Pirandello · Eugene O'Neill · Sinclair Lewis. (Updated Oct 20, 2024.)
The writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1930 to 1949, including Ivan Bunin, the first Russian laureate. No prize was given in 1935 or 1940–1943.
Automatically translated (original in Русский). See the original
Top 15
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Luigi Pirandello
Italy, 1934. Six Characters in Search of an Author.
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Eugene O'Neill
United States, 1936. Playwright of Mourning Becomes Electra.
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Sinclair Lewis
United States, 1930. The first American laureate; Babbitt.
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Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Sweden, 1931. Posthumously; the poet of Dalarna.
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John Galsworthy
United Kingdom, 1932. The Forsyte Saga.
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Ivan Bunin
In exile (France), 1933. The first Russian laureate; The Life of Arseniev.
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Roger Martin du Gard
France, 1937. The Thibaults cycle.
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Pearl S. Buck
United States, 1938. The Good Earth.
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Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Finland, 1939. Meek Heritage.
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Johannes V. Jensen
Denmark, 1944. The Long Journey cycle.
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Gabriela Mistral
Chile, 1945. The first Latin American laureate.
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Hermann Hesse
Switzerland, 1946. Steppenwolf and The Glass Bead Game.
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André Gide
France, 1947. The Counterfeiters.
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T. S. Eliot
United Kingdom, 1948. The Waste Land.
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William Faulkner
United States, 1949. The Sound and the Fury.
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Comments (3)
Бунин — первый русский нобелиат по литературе, гордость.
Гессе в 1946-м, «Игра в бисер» — великая книга.
Пёрл Бак, «Земля» — читала в школе.