List of Asian Nobel laureates
Literature
As of 2018, there are 8 Asian won Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Japanese taking the most of the 3 winners.

List of Asian Nobel laureates

Section Title: Literature
Table Section Text: As of 2018, there are 8 Asian won Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Japanese taking the most of the 3 winners.

Year	Image	Laureate	Country at the time of the award	Category	Comment

1913	-	Rabindranath Tagore	British India	Literature	First Asian and Indian Nobel laureate

1966	-	Shmuel Yosef Agnon	Israel	Literature	First Israeli Nobel laureate

1968	-	Yasunari Kawabata	Japan	Literature

1994	-	Kenzaburō Ōe	Japan	Literature

2000	-	Gao Xingjian	France	Literature	Born in China

2006	-	Orhan Pamuk	Turkey	Literature	First Turkish Nobel laureate

2012	-	Mo Yan	China	Literature

2017	-	Kazuo Ishiguro	United Kingdom	Literature	Born in Japan

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The first Asian recipient, Rabindranath Tagore, was awarded the Literature Prize in 1913.

final_sentence: The first Asian recipient, Rabindranath Tagore, was awarded the Literature Prize in 1913.