Nobel Prize in Literature

Seamus Heaney was a man who was born April 13, 1939 in Castledawson, a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Heaney was most well-known for being a great poet, but Heaney was more than just a poet. Heaney was also a translator, educator, and a critic. Heaney was a school teacher in Northern Ireland while in his mid-twenties. He had taught at universities like Oxford University and Harvard University. In addition to teaching at these highly respected universities, Heaney had also spent…

the most important events that happened in the past, people often go to literature to help them learn more about it. 1930 through 1960, a time also known as the Holocaust, was an important part of history because it affected people all across the world. Literature can help us remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust by explaining what happened to the people in books and plays. Using books and other types of literature are a main source for finding what really happened during that time and…

In 1950 the New York Times declared Ernest Hemingway, the most important writer since the death of Shakespeare. By dedicating his life to the ideal of writing one true sentence was the key of literature writing style. He was an icon of his age; he was a war hero in Italy, a white hunter in Africa and an expert deep sea fisherman in Cuba. Grace Hall-Hemingway gave birth to Ernest Hemingway in his grandfather's house, at 8 am, July 21st in Oak Park, Illinois. And like many Victorian children he…

book, Sula, was originally published in 1973 and was awarded a nobel prize she also received The Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her citation reads “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality." Morrison is known for her epic themes, rich detailed of black characters, and her vivid dialogue. Her literature impacted race, gender, and class as living in someone’s…

Doesn’t it seem like every successful author has been through what ordinary people could never understand? Ernest Hemingway, the elite writer of the 1920s, was one of them. Ever since he was a child, he struggled to distinguish himself as a scholar and athlete under the influence of his father’s traumatic suicide. Although destiny gave him a harsh, rough childhood, Hemingway did not know how to lose motivation in life. In 1917, the first bloodiest war has been brought to mankind - World War I.…

most significant authors in the 20th century. Hemingway’s publications, in form of short fiction and novels left imprints on the literary system of not only the USA, but the entre globe as a whole (Ebersole,143).Currently, the author who is also a Nobel prize winner, is considered among the greatest novelists and is especially renowned for famous works among them A Farewell To Arms and The Old Man And The Sea (Moreland,114). Aside from the two books, Hemingway is respected for his charming…

Nevertheless, his version has different nuances from the ones created by Western writers. Mahfouz is the only Arab ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Egyptian Revolution of 1919, the tyranny of dictators, and religious climate affected Mahfouz’s life. During his childhood, he witnessed the abuse of the British soldiers and how they killed children, men, and women (Smith). Mahfouz’s…

Throughout the history of the Spain and Latin America, there have been many remarkable Nobel Prize winners for literature. All of these Nobel Prize winners each had their different twist as to why they made won the Nobel Prize in the first place. These honorary authors and poets range from such people as Juan Ramon Jimenez, who wrote about the poverty of Spain in unique set of poems in “Platero and I” to Latin America’s Gabriela Mistral, who stood out for her the way should could emotionally…

literary prizes come from the Nobel Prizes in 1901. Literary prizing has been surrounded in its sales, and in an advertisment, not always for the production of Literature. The prizes of children's literature affected and have multiple features for cultural practices. During the eighteenth century, John Newbery, the Medal has been awarded annually to 'the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the United States. Though the Medal not as cash prize, it…

accused Steinbeck of being a sentimentalist resulting in his works to be based on pure emotion as opposed to reason. The night Steinbeck was designated to receive a Nobel Prize for Literature in…