Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972), a Japanese novelist, in 1968.
The first Asian to win a Nobel Prize was Rabindranath Tagore from India. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work "Gitanjali."
first Nobel prize for Asian literature
If India is considered a subcontinent, the Kawabata is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. If not then Rabindhranadh Tagore is the first Asian to win in 1916.
Rabindra Nath Tagore
The author of ' Gitanjali ' is Rabindranath Tagore. Gitanjali bought him the Nobel prize for literature. Thus, he became the first Asian to receive Nobel Prize.
Rabindhranadh Tagore, the great Indian poet
Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace
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.
Yes, he won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1983.
Franois Mauriac won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1952.
Salvatore Quasimodo won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959.