7 Nobel Speeches by 7 Great Writers: Hemingway, Faulkner, and More | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
William Faulkner, 1949:

Nobel said in his will, 'the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.'

Many of the greatest writers of the past 112 years have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, but there have been some glaring omissions right from the start.