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Quiz about Nobel Prize Winners Literature 19361970

Nobel Prize Winners Literature 1936-1970 Quiz

Do you know when these writers won the Nobel Prize?

A multiple-choice quiz by Vermic. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Vermic

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
16,238

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what year did Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what year did Frans Eemil Sillanpaa win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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3. In what year did Samuel Beckett win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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4. In what year did Albert Camus win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what year did Yasunari Kawabata win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what year did Boris Leonidovich Pasternak win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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7. In what year did Thomas Stearns Eliot win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what year did John Steinbeck win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. In what year did Eugene Gladstone O'Neill win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what year did Salvatore Quasimodo win the Nobel Prize? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year did Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1970

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensible traditions of Russian literature.

2. In what year did Frans Eemil Sillanpaa win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1939

Frans Eemil Sillanpaa for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with nature.

3. In what year did Samuel Beckett win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1969

Best known for the play 'Waiting for Godot ' (1953), Dublin-born Samuel Beckett lived most of his life in continental Europe and wrote his literature primarily in French. Beckett was considered a leading figure in the 'Theatre of the Absurd'. He died in 1989.

4. In what year did Albert Camus win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1957

Albert Camus for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.

5. In what year did Yasunari Kawabata win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1968

Yasunari Kawabata for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility express the essence of the Japanese mind.

6. In what year did Boris Leonidovich Pasternak win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1958

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of great Russian epic tradition. He accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country to decline the prize.

7. In what year did Thomas Stearns Eliot win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1948

Thomas Stearns Eliot for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.

8. In what year did John Steinbeck win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1962

John Steinbeck for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.

9. In what year did Eugene Gladstone O'Neill win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1936

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy.

10. In what year did Salvatore Quasimodo win the Nobel Prize?

Answer: 1959

Salvatore Quasimodo for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times.

Source: Author Vermic

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