The 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind." He is the
"for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."
The 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Irish author Samuel Beckett "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevati
1968 Nobel Prize in Literature
…for the prize. The leading contenders for the prize in 1968 were the French novelist André Malraux and the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett (awarded in 1969). The third proposal by the Nobel Committee was the British poet W. H. Auden and Kawabata was the fourth. Anders Österling, chair of the committee, and…
"for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"
Poster for drama performance of Beckett's Waiting for Godot.