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Yeats's 1912 introduction to Gitanjali helped Tagore receive which honour the next year?Read the answer and worked solution →Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Yeats's 1912 introduction to Gitanjali helped Tagore receive which honour the next year?

  1. The Nobel Prize in Literature (1913)
  2. The British knighthood (1913)
  3. Election to the Royal Society
  4. The Pulitzer Prize
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Correct answer: A. The Nobel Prize in Literature (1913)

1. Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. 2. Yeats's 1912 introduction (Gutenberg #7164) prepared the international reception. 3. Tagore was the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature. _Source: Project Gutenberg #7164 — Tagore's Gitanjali (with W.B. Yeats's 1912 Introduction) — "W.B. Yeats' introduction praises the work's accessibility and universal appeal"_

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Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature in:

  1. 1969
  2. 1900
  3. 1948
  4. 1923
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Correct answer: C. 1948

1. Eliot received the Nobel in 1948. 2. He was honoured for his contribution to poetry. 3. Four Quartets was a key work cited. _Source: Coverage brief — BA English Literature syllabus areas — "Eliot received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948"_

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