Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Nobel

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Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet
(1889-1957)

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Name: Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, or, more simply, Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga
Known as: Gabriela Mistral
Birth: April 7, 1889, Vicuña, Chile
Death: January 10, 1957, Hempstead, New York, USA
Language: Spanish
Who she was: Chilean poet, educator, and humanist known for Sonnets of Death, Despair, Tenderness, and Harvesting.Nobel Prize in Literature (1945)
Included in lists (What's This?): GC

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Björnstjerne Björnson, Norwegian Writer
(1832-1910)

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Name: Björnstjerne Björnson
Birth: December 8, 1832, Kvikne, Norway
Death: April 26, 1910, French Third Republic
Language: Norwegian
Who he was: Norwegian writer and Nobel winner (1903) known for his "peasant tales" such as A Happy Boy; with Ibsen, Lie, and Kielland, one of Norway's "Four Greats."
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

Frédéric Mistral, French Poet
(1830-1914)

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Name: Frédéric Mistral
Birth: September 8, 1830, Provence, France
Death: March 25, 1914, Maillane, France
Language: French
Who he was: French writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language. Epic Provencal poem Mirèio (Mireille). Nobel Prize in Literature (1904).

Sully Prudhomme, French Poet
(1839-1907)

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Name: René François Armand Prudhomme
Known as: Sully Prudhomme
Birth: March 16, 1839, Paris, France
Death: September 6, 1907, Châtenay-Malabry, France
Language: French
Who he was: French poet and essayist. "The Broken vase" is representative. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1901).

Mo Yan, Chinese Writer
(1955 - )

Just the Facts:

Name: Guan Moye
Known as: Mo Yan
Birth: February 17, 1955, Gaomi, China
Language: Chinese
Who he is: Chinese novelist and short story writer; Red Sorghum Clan; The Republic of Wine; Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out; Nobel Prize in Literature (2012)

Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American Poet and Essayist
(1940-1996)

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Name: Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky
Known as: Joseph Brodsky
Birth: May 24, 1940, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Death: January 28, 1996, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Language: Russian; English
Who he was: Russian-American poet and essayist; Gorbunov and Gorchakov; Less Than One: Selected Essays; Nobel Prize in Literature (1987); Poet Laureate of the USA (1991)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

J. M. Coetzee, South African Novelist and Essayist
(1940 - )

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Name: John Maxwell Coetzee
Known as: J. M. Coetzee
Birth: February 9, 1940, Cape Town, South Africa
Languages: Afrikaans; English
Who he is: South African novelist and essayist; Waiting for the Barbarians; Life and Times of Michael K; Foe; Age of Iron; The Master of Petersburg; Disgrace; The Childhood of Jesus; Nobel Prize in Literature (2003)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Gao Xingjian, Chinese Writer
(1940 - )

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Name: Gao Xingjian
Birth: January 4, 1940, Ganzhou, China
Language: Chinese
Who he is: Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic; Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather (short story collection); Soul Mountain; One Man's Bible; Nobel Prize in Literature (2000)

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian Writer
(1936 - )

Just the Facts:

Name: Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Known as: Mario Vargas Llosa
Birth: March 28, 1936, Arequipa, Peru
Language: Spanish
Who he is: Peruvian novelist, short story writer, and essayist; The Time of the Hero; Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter; The War of the End of the World; The Feast of the Goat; The Bad Girl; Nobel Prize in Literature (2010)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Oe Kenzaburo, Japanese Writer
(1935-2023)

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Name: Oe Kenzaburo
Birth: January 31, 1935, Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Death: March 3, 2023, Tokyo, Japan
Language: Japanese
Who he is: Japanese novelist, short story writer, and essayist; A Personal Matter; The Silent Cry; Nobel Prize in Literature (1994)

V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian British Writer
(1932-2018)

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Name: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Known as: V. S. Naipaul
Birth: August 17, 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Death: August 11, 2018, London, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Trinidadian British novelist and essayist; A House for Mr Biswas; In a Free State; A Bend in the River; The Enigma of Arrival; Nobel Prize in Literature (2001)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Alice Munro, Canadian Short Story Writer
(1931-2024)

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Name: Alice Munro
Birth: July 10, 1931, Wingham, Ontario, Canada
Death: May 13, 2024, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
Language: English
Who she is: Canadian short story writer; Runaway; Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (or Away from Her); Dance Of The Happy Shades; Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You; Nobel Prize in Literature (2013)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Toni Morrison, American Novelist
(1931-2019)

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Name: Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Known as: Toni Morrison
Birth: February 18, 1931, Lorain, Ohio, USA
Death: August 5, 2019, The Bronx, New York, USA
Language: English
Who she was: American novelist; Beloved; Song of Solomon; The Bluest Eye; Nobel Prize in Literature (1993); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1988)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Martin Luther King Jr., American Minister and Activist
(1929-1968)

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Name: Martin Luther King Jr
Birth: January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Death: April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American minister and activist; Stride Toward Freedom; Why We Can't Wait; The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.; "I Have a Dream" and "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (speeches); Nobel Peace Prize (1964)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Writer
(1927-2014)

Just the Facts:

Name: Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez
Known as: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Birth: March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia
Death: April 17, 2014, Mexico City, Mexico
Language: Spanish
Who he was: Colombian novelist, short-story writer, and journalist; One Hundred Years of Solitude; The Autumn of the Patriarch; Love in the Time of Cholera; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; Nobel Prize in Literature (1982)
Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom; GC

James Watson, American Biologist
(1928 - )

Just the Facts:

Name: James Watson
Birth: April 6, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Language: English
Who he is: American biologist; The Double Helix; Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962)

Richard Feynman, American Scientist
(1918-1988)

Just the Facts:

Name: Richard Feynman
Birth: May 11, 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Death: February 15, 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American scientist; The Feynman Lectures on Physics; memoirs Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think?; The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist; The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman; Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)

Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet
(1914-1998)

Just the Facts:

Name: Octavio Paz Lozano
Known as: Octavio Paz
Birth: March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico
Death: April 19, 1998, Mexico City, Mexico
Language: Spanish
Who he was: Mexican poet; Early Poems: 1935–1955; Collected Poems, 1957–1987; The Labyrinth of Solitude; They Shall Not Pass!; The Sun Stone; Nobel Prize in Literature (1990)
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

Francis Crick, British Biologist
(1916-2004)

Just the Facts:

Name: Francis Crick
Birth: June 8, 1916, Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Death: July 28, 2004, San Diego, California, USA
Language: English
Who he was: British biologist; Of Molecules and Men; What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery; The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search For The Soul; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962)

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American Writer
(1915-2005)

Just the Facts:

Name: Saul Bellow
Birth: June 10, 1915, Lachine, Canada
Death: April 5, 2005, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Canadian-American novelist, short story writer, and playwright; The Adventures of Augie March; Henderson the Rain King; Herzog; Mr. Sammler's Planet; Humboldt's Gift; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976)
Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom

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