A wide circle of readers is given a rare opportunity to meet in one book all the writers of the East - Nobel Prize laureates. These are the Indian poet and prose writer Rabindranath Tagore, the classics of modern Japanese literature Kawabata Yasunari and Ooe Kenzaburo, the Egyptian prose writer Naguib Mahfouz, the Chinese writer and translator, political emigrant Gao Xing-jian, the Trinidadian of Indian origin Vidyadhar Naipaul and the Turkish postmodernist Orhan Pamuk. Each of them is one of the peaks of national culture, each opened new paths of national literature, created works of universal significance, and influenced the development of the entire world literary process. The history and life of their country were refracted in the activities of each of them. The book was written by orientalists who know the history, culture and language of the land that gave birth to these unique authors and who have more than once published works about their artistic achievements and life paths. In the book the reader will also find Nobel lectures by Nobel laureate writers. SUMMARY In this book, our reader has a rare opportunity to meet all Eastern writers — the Nobel laureates. There is an Indian poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore, two classics of modem Japanese literature Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburo Oe, an Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, a Chinese writer, interpreter, and political immigrant Gao Xingjian, a Trinidadian author of Indian origin V. S. Naipaul, and a Turkish postmodernist Orhan Pamuk. Each of them is one of the pinnacles of his national culture; every one has introduced innovative approaches in his national literature, has created works of universal significance and influences the development of world literature. The history and life of their respective countries are reflected in the literary works of these writers. The book is written by orientalists who already had publications about the writings and life of these outstanding authors and who have knowledge of the history, culture and language of the lands that gave birth to their talents.The Nobel lectures of the authors-laureates are included in this book for interested readers.