Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese origin British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017.
The Nobel foundation authority described him as "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
Here are some Interesting figures on Literature Nobel Prize:
| 109 | Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded from 1901 – 2016. |
| 88 | Doris Lessing was the oldest literature Nobel laureate to win the prize at her age 88. She was awarded the prize in 2007. |
| 65 | The average age for Nobel laureates is 65 years. |
| 41 | Rudyard Kipling was the youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize at an age of 41 years in 1907. His book The Jungle Book has taken him to the heights of glory. |
| 14 | 14 Women have been awarded the literature Prize so far. |
| 4 | 4 Literature Prize have been divided between 2 persons. |
Rabindranath Tagore, the popular Indian poet who depicted peoples' lives through his poetry in Bengali and English, is considered as one of the most popular writers of all times. His literature had literary criticism, philosophy and social issue at its core. The Indian National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" was written by him. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work "Gitanjali", a collection of his poems.
The most popular Nobel Laureates in Literature
There have been several remarkable Nobel Laureates in history. Some of them are:
· John Steinbeck
· Bob Dylan
· Pablo Neruda
· William Faulkner
· Gabriel Garcia Marquez
· Ernest Hemingway
· Wislawa Szymborska
· Seamus Heaney
· Toni Morrison
The Nobel Prize for literature comes as the fourth prize in the list of Nobels in the year.
