List of Nobel laureates in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy. The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10. As of 2020, there have been 30 English-speaking winners, followed by French and German with 14 winners each.

About List of Nobel laureates in Literature in brief

Summary List of Nobel laureates in LiteratureThe Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors for outstanding contributions in the field of literature. The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. As of 2020, there have been 30 English-speaking winners, followed by French and German with 14 winners each.

The 117 Nobel laureates in literature from 1901 to 2020 have come from the following countries: One Nobel laureate is classified as stateless. 1Rabindranath Tagore wrote in Bengali and English, Samuel Beckett wrote in French and English and Joseph Brodsky wrote poetry in Russian and prose in English.