ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was awarded Nobel prize for the poem ‘The Waste Land’?
A
D. H. Lawrence
B
Lord Tennyson
C
T. S. Eliot
D
William Wordsworth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This work led to the award to Eliot, in 1948, of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Laureate. T.S. Eliot was a highly influential poet known for works such as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1940).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.

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