William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Yeats won the Nobel Literature Prize 1923. Read Feature Article

Ireland (1976-82) 20 Pounds (front) - Portrait of William Butler Yeats

Juan Ramon Jimenez (Moguer, Spain, 24 December 1881 – Santurce, Puerto Rico, 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. Read Feature Article

Spain (1983) 2,000 Pesetas (front) - Portrait of Juan Ramon Jimemnez

Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832 - 1910) was a Norwegian writer and a 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjornson is generally considered as one of "The Great Four" Norwegian writers. Read Feature Article

Norway (1953) 50 Kroners (front) - Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852 – 1934) was a Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern neuroscience. Read Feature Article

Spain (1935) 50 Pesetas (front) - Portrait of Santiago Ramon y Cajal

Bertha von Suttner (1843 - 1914) was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist. She was first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and one of her famous publication was Lay Down Your Arms!). Read Feature Article

Austria (1966) 1,000 Schillings (front) - Portrait of Bertha von Suttner

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