In 1913 this poet from India became the 1st Asian to win a Nobel Prize for Literature
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Rabindranath Tagore - Wikipedia  Rabindranath Tagore FRAS also written Ravndrantha Thkura (7 May 1861  7 August 1941) ... became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. ... His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's ... Tagore's oldest brother Dwijendranath was a philosopher and poet.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913  The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with...
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Poet Seers  Rabindranath Tagore (1913)  Rabindranath Tagore (1861  1941). Indian poet. The first Asian poet to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature  for his ground breaking work  Gitanjali.
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Rabindranath Tagore: Centenary Of Nobel Prize For India's Greatest ...  Mar 18, 2013 ... Rabindranath Tagore: Centenary Of Nobel Prize For India's Greatest ... the immortal Indian literary figure Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European and first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for literature. On the eve of a global world war, 1913 was an extremely busy year for the Bengali poet, novelist,...
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1913 :: Rabindranath Tagore Became The First Asian to Win Nobel ...  1913 :: Rabindranath Tagore Became The First Asian to Win Nobel Prize ... 1941) Indian poet and writer (and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913).
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Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories ...  and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlf was the novelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win. B. She turned .... first Swedish writer winning Nobel prize. Doesnt make...
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Rabindranath Tagore - Biographical - Nobelprize.org  Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath ... Although Tagore wrote successfully in all literary genres, he was first of all a poet.
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The First Women to Win a Nobel Prize - IRA D RIKLIS  Dec 4, 2014 ... Ira D Riklis gives a history lesson about the first women to win the nobel prize. ... Most of the categories were established in 1895 in the will of late Alfred Nobel ... lack of women who have competed for and won these awards. ... In 1905, Bertha Von Suttner of Austria-Hungary won the Nobel Peace Prize for...
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Author Toni Morrison Wins Nobel Prize in Literature - NBC Learn K-12  Author Toni Morrison is the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for ... In the opening of her most recent book, "Jazz," Toni Morrison plays language like...
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Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913 (1861 - 1941 ...  Apr 26, 2016 ... Genealogy for Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913 (1861 ... he was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature,...
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners from Asia - Asian History - About.com  Since 1973, twelve Asian people have won Nobel Peace Prizes. ... to improve life and promote peace in their own countries, and around the world. .... South Korea's President Kim Dae-jung (1924-2009) won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for his...
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Ralph Bunche: 12/10/1950 Ralph Bunche is the first African ...  ... first African-American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for his work with the UN [1950] ... December 10,1950: Ralph J. Bunche became the first African American to ... Ralph Bunche First African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 ... He was awarded in 1950 for his successful mediation of a ceasefire between...
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Yasunari Kawabata - Wikipedia  Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the .... It established Kawabata as one of Japan's foremost authors and became an instant classic, described by Edward G.
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Poetry and Action: Octavio Paz at 100 | Dissent Magazine  Mar 25, 2014 ... The poet was then Mexico's ambassador to India. ... Winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature, he absorbed many of the ... Also at a young age, he witnessed the first incident in what became one of ... Paz also became known for No Pasaran, or They Will Not Pass, a .... (He would win this prize in 1971.).
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Pearl S. Buck - Wikiquote  In 1938, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are ... They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break. ... They lived in their day and wrote what in their day they saw and heard, but of themselves they have told nothing.
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Free Flashcards about POETS & POETRY - StudyStack  IN 1995 THIS SEAMUS FROM IRELAND DETECTED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE COMING HIS WAY, SEAMUS HEANEY. THIS GREEK LYRIC...
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Hermann Hesse and India. - Germanic and Slavic Studies  and Sumatra, his so-called "Trip to India", which lasted from September 1911 to .... most important for him while he was working at his Indian novel Siddhartha.
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Jos Saramago, Nobel Prize-Winning Portuguese Writer, Dies at 87 ...  Jun 18, 2010 ... Jos Saramago, the Portuguese writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in ... He was the first Portuguese-language writer to win the Nobel Prize, and more ... He became a full-time writer only in his late 50s, after working ... blocked its entry for a European Literary Prize in 1992, Mr. Saramago chose to...
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Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet, Wins Nobel Prize - NYTimes.com  ... today, becoming the first Mexican writer to win literature's highest award. ... Published: October 12, 1990 ... essays, won the Nobel Prize in Literature today, becoming the first Mexican writer to win literature's highest award. ... After returning to Mexico in 1938, he became a founder of the ... there's no one, you're no one,.
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Manhattan Prep GMAT Forum - en Turning away from literary realism ...  Apr 17, 2011 ... ... woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlf became in 1909 the first woman .... both of these descriptions are meant to describe Selma Lagerlof).