Correct option is B
The correct answer is (b) Haruki Murakami.
• The Japanese author Haruki Murakami is a celebrated novelist but has not received the Nobel Prize in Literature despite frequent nominations.
Information Booster:
• Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) – Nobel Prize 2006.
• Alice Munro (Canada) – Nobel Prize 2013.
• Kazuo Ishiguro (UK) – Nobel Prize 2017.
• Murakami is known for works like Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood.
• His style blends magical realism and existential themes.
Additional Knowledge:
• Nobel Prize in Literature began in 1901, awarded by the Swedish Academy.
• India’s only Literature laureate: Rabindranath Tagore (1913) for Gitanjali.
• Nobel recognizes outstanding literary contribution to humanity.
• Murakami has also won Franz Kafka Prize and Jerusalem Prize.