Nobel Prize Winners

Question 1

Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?

Answer 1

Jon Fosse’s (Haugesund, Norway) immense œuvre written in Nynorsk consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations.

Question 2

Who was the Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature?

Answer 2

Pablo Neruda - (notable works: Veinte poemas de amor y una cancíon desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) and Cien sonetos de amor (100 Love Sonnets)).

Question 3

Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 for “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”?

Answer 3

Bob Dylan

Question 4

Which German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature?

Answer 4

Thomas Mann (notable works: novels Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain and the novella Death in Venice, the first two volumes of the tetralogy Joseph and his Brothers.)

Question 5

Which British playwright of Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005?

Answer 5

Harold Pinter