Eliot then had myriad undergraduate disciples, as Cynthia Ozick recalled in a 1989 New Yorker essay: When T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature, “he seemed pure zenith, a colossus ...

On this day in 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden. The description of Eliot's prize-worthy achievements seem vague in my opinion, but also fitting.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - St. Lucia poet Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, scooped the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry on Monday for his 2010 collection "White Egrets." Jan ...

The Slippery Politics of the Nobel Prize in Literature People want the most prestigious award for literature to make a political statement. It complies only in unpredictable and inscrutable ways.

Access an extensive list of Nobel Prize winners in Literature until 2024. Uncover the stories and legacies of celebrated authors recognized for their work.

One hundred years ago this month William Butler Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was awarded for “his always inspired poetry, which in highly artistic form gives expression to ...

Here are some predictions over who deserves to win the Nobel Prize for literature, whether this year or in future. Take your pick amongst these 11 authors.

Robert Crawford’s “Eliot After ‘The Waste Land’” explores the messy, sad and complicated details of the celebrated poet's life.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, Eliot dedicated his poem to Ezra Pound with the dedicatory line “il miglior fabbro”— the better craftsman.

Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88; Japanese author won the 1994 Nobel Prize in literature The novelist, who was an outspoken anti-nuclear activist, based his books on his childhood memories and his life ...

Throughout his illustrious career, he garnered numerous accolades, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Let's explore some of his poems that everyone should read at least once.