John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called The Forsyte Saga, and two later trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1932, announced November 10, 1932. John Galsworthy, “for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in <I>The Forsyte Saga</I>”. John Galsworthy: born 1867, Kingston Hill, United Kingdom. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).