Some may consider the American writer, Pearl S. Buck, an honorary Asian Nobel laureate, having spent considerable time in China as the daughter of missionaries, and based many of her novels, namely The Good Earth (1931) and The Mother (1933), as well as the biographies of her parents for their time in China, The Exile and Fighting Angel, all of which earned her the Literature prize in 1938.
sˌʌm mˈeɪ kənsˈɪdɚ ðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ɹˈaɪɾɚ, pˈɜːl ˈɛs. bˈʌk, ɐn ˈɑːnɚɹˌɛɹi ˈeɪʒən noʊbˈɛl lˈɔːɹiːˌeɪt, hˌævɪŋ spˈɛnt kənsˈɪdɚɹəbəl tˈaɪm ɪn tʃˈaɪnə æz ðə dˈɔːɾɚɹ ʌv mˈɪʃənˌɛɹiz, ænd bˈeɪst mˈɛnɪəv hɜː nˈɑːvəlz, nˈeɪmli ðə ɡˈʊd ˈɜːθ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn ænd ðə mˈʌðɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi θɹˈiː, æz wˈɛl æz ðə baɪˈɑːɡɹəfiz ʌv hɜː pˈɛɹənts fɔːɹ ðɛɹ tˈaɪm ɪn tʃˈaɪnə, ðɪ ˈɛɡzaɪl ænd fˈaɪɾɪŋ ˈeɪndʒəl, ˈɔːl ʌvwˈɪtʃ ˈɜːnd hɜː ðə lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚ pɹˈaɪz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt.