The Nobel Prize in Literature is widely regarded as the most prestigious literary award in the world, recognizing authors from all over the globe for their outstanding contributions to literature.

Toni Morrison became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for her novel "Beloved."

The Hugo Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction and fantasy literature, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention.

The Man Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award given to the best novel written in the English language by a British, Irish, or Commonwealth writer.

The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters is presented annually to an American author for a distinguished body of work.

Rudyard Kipling was the youngest person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 42 in 1907.

The Cervantes Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish language, recognizing authors for their lifetime achievement in fiction.

The Goncourt Prize is the most prestigious literary award in France, given to the best work of fiction written in French.

The Georg Büchner Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Germany, given to the best work of fiction written in German.

The Strega Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Italy, given to the best work of fiction written in Italian.

The Camões Prize is the most prestigious literary award in the Portuguese language, given to the best work of fiction written in Portuguese.

The Russian Booker Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Russia, given to the best work of fiction written in Russian.

The Mao Dun Literature Prize is the most prestigious literary award in China, given to the best work of fiction written in Chinese.

The Akutagawa Prize is the most prestigious literary award in Japan, given to the best work of fiction written in Japanese.

The Dong-in Literary Award is the most prestigious literary award in South Korea, given to the best work of fiction written in Korean.