Question

Who is winner of Nobel Prize in Literature for year 2011?

• A. Mo Yan
• B. David J. Wineland
• C. Tomas Transtromer
• D. Shinya Yamanaka

Hint:

Separate the 2011 Nobel laureates from those honoured in 2012.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This question checks the Nobel Prize in Literature winner for a specific year, alongside three names tied to other Nobel categories. Let's look at each person.

1. Mo Yan: Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist known for works such as Red Sorghum, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, but for the year 2012, not 2011, so he does not match this question.
2. David J. Wineland: David Wineland is an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012 for work on quantum optics, not the Literature prize, so he is placed here as a distractor from a different Nobel category.
3. Tomas Transtromer: Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011, with the Swedish Academy citing his condensed and translucent imagery that gives fresh access to reality. This matches both the prize category and the year asked about.
4. Shinya Yamanaka: Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for his work on induced pluripotent stem cells, not the Literature prize, so this option is also from a different field and year.

Only Tomas Transtromer's award lines up exactly with both the Literature category and the year 2011 named in the question.

Let's summarize:

• Tomas Transtromer won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetry.
• Mo Yan, David Wineland and Shinya Yamanaka all won Nobel Prizes in 2012, in Literature, Physics and Medicine respectively, not in 2011.

So the correct answer is option (c), Tomas Transtromer.