I'm not sure. You might need to do some research in literary history to find out.
To be honest, I don't know off the top of my head. But you could start by looking into famous European writers from the relevant period and see whose work is considered the first modern novel. It could involve digging into literary movements and critical analyses.
Well, that's a tricky one. Different scholars might have different opinions. But usually, it's attributed to a particular author based on specific literary criteria and historical records. You could check reliable literary reference books or online academic sources for a definite answer.
As I mentioned before, Murasaki Shikibu wrote 'The Tale of Genji' which is often considered an early candidate for the first modern novel.
As I mentioned before, if we consider 'Don Quixote' as the first modern novel, it was written by Miguel de Cervantes.
The world's first modern novel, 'The Tale of Genji', was written by Murasaki Shikibu. She was a Japanese noblewoman and writer in the Heian period. Her work was a significant contribution to Japanese literature and the development of the novel as a form worldwide.
Miguel de Cervantes wrote what is considered the first ever modern novel, 'Don Quixote'.
Nathaniel Hawthorne is often credited with writing one of the first modern American novels, specifically The Scarlet Letter. His work delved into the inner lives of his characters and examined Puritan society in a way that was quite modern for its time.
The first modern dystopian novel 'We' was written by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
As mentioned before, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' which is often considered an early modern romance novel. Goethe was a German writer who had a great influence on literature across Europe.
While Giovanni Boccaccio wrote 'The Decameron' in Italian, its influence on English literature was such that it can be related to the development of the first modern English novel. Translators who brought it into English also played a part in this process, as they introduced new ways of storytelling to the English - reading public.
Modern Chivalry was written by Hugh Henry Brackenridge.
The first martial arts novel in modern China was The Legend of the Condor Heroes written by Jin Yong.