Volumes 329-332 of this acclaimed series are devoted to coverage of Nobel Prize Laureates. These volumes explore in detail the lives and careers of some of the most notable names in literature, including Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Pearl S. Buck, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Nadine Gordimer, Hermann Hesse, Yasunari Kawabata, Sinclair Lewis, Toni Morrison, Pablo Neruda, Bertrand Russell, Nelly Sachs, John Steinbeck and many others.
In addition, many entries include presentation speeches from the Swedish Academy, banquet speeches by the recipients, autobiographical statements and press releases.
