ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -On November 4, 1948, T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, for his profound effect on the direction of modern poetry .

Detailed explanation-2: -No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.

Detailed explanation-3: -ELIOT RECEIVES 1948 NOBEL AWARD; Poet Gets Prize in Literature-Briton Wins in Physics and Swede in Chemistry THREE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS T. S. ELIOT OBTAINS 1948 NOBEL PRIZE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to won the Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of Literature for his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill. He has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1957, Camus received the news that he was to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. This came as a shock to him. He was anticipating André Malraux would win the prestigious award. At age 44, he was the second-youngest recipient of the prize, after Rudyard Kipling, who was 42.