I'm not sure if this is right, but Toni Morrison wrote Beloved, and I think she won a nobel prize for it. It is the hardest book I ever read--it is written so beautifully and intelligently, but was difficult for me to follow. I had to reread passages as I went along. I hope you'll read it regardless if my answer is right or not.
The first black African to receive the Nobel Prize in literature was Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright and poet who was awarded the prize in 1986.
i love his cousin
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Toni Morrison
it was Toni Morrison.
There is no prize for African literature
No, Charles Dickens did not receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Nobel Prize in Literature was established in 1901, after his death in 1870.
O' Henry.
He was awarded (and accepted) the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907
Toni Morrison, was the first African American woman to win a nobel prize in literature in 1993
John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded annually to an author deemed by the Noble Committee to have produced an outstanding body of work in the field of literature.
He received the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature: "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work."
Although Camus was the first African born winner he did not win the award as an African. He was considered French. The first African born, African winner was Wole Soyinka who was an African writer from Nigeria who won the Nobel Prize in 1986, and was the first African who ever won the award. He wrote an autobiography called, "The Man Died" in 1972.
Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. He was the first Japanese author to receive this prestigious award.
No, Percy Julian did not receive a Nobel Prize. He was a prominent African American chemist known for his work in synthesizing important compounds, but he was not awarded a Nobel Prize during his lifetime.
no, he didn't.
Gabriela Mistral of Chile was the first Hispanic author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.