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Nobel Prize in Literature

Award Year: Ascending Order: 1901-1969

Sully Prudhomme (1901)
Sully Prudhomme, 1839-1907:
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Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (1902)
Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903:
Literature Online: Author Page [does not exist]


Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson (1903)
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910:
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Frédéric Mistral (1904)
Mistral, Frédéric, 1830-1914:
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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1904)
Echegaray, José, 1832-1916:
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Henryk Sienkiewicz (1905)
Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916:
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Giosuè Carducci (1906)
Carducci, Giosuè, 1835-1907:
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Rudyard Kipling (1907)
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936:
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Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1908)
Eucken, Rudolf, 1846-1926:
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Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1909)
Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940:
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Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse (1910)
Heyse, Paul, 1830-1914:
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Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck (1911)
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949:
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Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (1912)
Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946:
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Rabindranath Tagore (1913)
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941:
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(1914): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



Romain Rolland (1915)
Rolland, Romain, 1866-1944:
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Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (1916)
Heidenstam, Verner von, 1859-1940:
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Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1917)
Gjellerup, Karl, 1857-1919:
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Henrik Pontoppidan (1917)
Pontoppidan, Henrik, 1857-1943:
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(1918): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (1919)
Spitteler, Carl, 1845-1924:
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Knut Pedersen Hamsun (1920)
Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952:
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Anatole France (1921)
France, Anatole, 1844-1924:
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Jacinto Benavente (1922)
Benavente, Jacinto, 1866-1954:
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William Butler Yeats (1923)
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939:
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Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont (1924)
Reymont, Wladyslaw Stanislaw, 1867-1925:
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George Bernard Shaw (1925)
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950:
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Grazia Deledda (1926)
Deledda, Grazia, 1871-1936:
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Henri Bergson (1927)
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941:
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Sigrid Undset (1928)
Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949:
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Thomas Mann (1929)
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955:
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Sinclair Lewis (1930)
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951:
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Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1931)
Karlfeldt, Erik Axel, 1864-1931:
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John Galsworthy (1932)
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933:
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Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1933)
Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953:
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Luigi Pirandello (1934)
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936:
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(1935): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1936)
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953:
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Roger Martin du Gard (1937)
Martin du Gard, Roger, 1881-1958:
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Pearl Buck (1938)
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973:
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Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1939)
Sillanpää, Frans Eemil, 1888-1964:
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(1940): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



(1941): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



(1942): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



(1943): No Nobel Prize was awarded this year.



Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1944)
Jensen, Johannes V. (Johannes Vilhelm), 1873-1950:
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Gabriela Mistral (1945)
Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957:
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Hermann Hesse (1946)
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962:
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André Paul Guillaume Gide (1947)
Gide, André, 1869-1951:
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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1948)
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965:
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William Faulkner (1949)
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962:
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Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell (1950)
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970:
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Pär Lagerkvist (1951)
Lagerkvist, Pär, 1891-1974:
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François Mauriac (1952)
Mauriac, François, 1885-1970:
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1953)
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965:
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Ernest Miller Hemingway (1954)
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961:
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Halldór Kiljan Laxness (1955)
Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998:
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Juan Ramón Jiménez (1956)
Jiménez, Juan Ramón, 1881-1958:
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Albert Camus (1957)
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960:
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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1958)
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960:
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Salvatore Quasimodo (1959)
Quasimodo, Salvatore, 1901-1968:
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Saint-John Perse (1960)
Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975:
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Ivo Andric (1961)
Andric, Ivo, 1892-1975:
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John Steinbeck (1962)
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968:
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Giorgos Seferis (1963)
Seferis, George, 1900-1971:
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Jean-Paul Sartre (1964)
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980:
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (1965)
Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1905-1984:
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Nelly Sachs (1966)
Sachs, Nelly, [1891-1970]:
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1966)
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1888-1970:
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Miguel Angel Asturias (1967)
Asturias, Miguel Angel, [1899-1974]:
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Yasunari Kawabata (1968)
Kawabata, Yasunari, 1899-1972:
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Samuel Beckett (1969)
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989:
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Award Year: Ascending Order: 1970-2022

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1970)
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008:
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Pablo Neruda (1971)
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973:
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Heinrich Böll (1972)
Böll, Heinrich, 1917-1985:
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Patrick White (1973)
White, Patrick, 1912-1990:
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Eyvind Johnson (1974)
Johnson, Eyvind, 1900-1976:
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Harry Martinson (1974)
Martinson, Harry, 1904-1978:
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Eugenio Montale (1975)
Montale, Eugenio, 1896-1981:
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Saul Bellow (1976)
Bellow, Saul, [1915-2005:
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Vicente Aleixandre (1977)
Aleixandre, Vicente, 1898-1984:
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1978)
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991:
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Odysseas Elytes (1979)
Elytes, Odysseas, 1911-1996:
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Czeslaw Milosz (1980)
Milosz, Czeslaw, [1911-2004:
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Elias Canetti (1981)
Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994:
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Gabriel Garcia Márquez (1982)
Garcia Márquez, Gabriel, 1927--2014:
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William Golding (1983)
Golding, William, 1911-1993:
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Jaroslav Seifert (1984)
Seifert, Jaroslav, 1901-1986:
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Claude Simon (1985)
Simon, Claude, [1913-2005]:
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Wole Soyinka (1986)
Soyinka, Wole, [1934- ]:
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Joseph Brodsky (1987)
Brodsky, Joseph, (1940-1996:
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Naguib Mahfouz (1988)
Mahfouz, Naguib, 1911-2006:
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Camilo José Cela (1989)
Cela, Camilo José, 1916-2002:
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Octavio Paz (1990)
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998:
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Nadine Gordimer (1991)
Gordimer, Nadine, [1923-2014:
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Derek Walcott (1992)
Walcott, Derek, [1930-2017]:
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Toni Morrison (1993)
Morrison, Toni, [1931-2019]:
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Kenzaburo Oe (1994)
Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935- :
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Seamus Heaney (1995)
Heaney, Seamus, (1939-2013]:
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Wislawa Szymborska (1996)
Szymborska, Wislawa, [1923-2012]:
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Dario Fo (1997)
Fo, Dario, [1926-2016]:
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José Saramago (1998)
Saramago, José, [1922-2010]:
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Günter Grass (1999)
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015:
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Gao Xingjian (2000)
Gao, Xingjian, [1940- ]:
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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (2001)
Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018]:
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Imre Kertész (2002)
Kertész, Imre, 1929-2016:
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John M. Coetzee (2003)
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- :
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Elfriede Jelinek (2004)
Jelinek, Elfriede, 1946- :
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Harold Pinter (2005)
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008:
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Orhan Pamuk (2006)
Pamuk, Orhan, 1952- :
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Doris Lessing (2007)
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013:
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Jean Marie Gustave Le Clézio (2008)
Le Clézio, J.-M.G. (Jean Marie Gustave), 1940- :
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Herta Müller (2009)
Müller, Herta, 1953- :
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Mario Vargas Llosa (2010)
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- :
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Tomas Tranströmer (2011)
Tranströmer, Tomas,1931-2015:
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Mo Yan (2012)
Mo, Yan, 1955- :
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Alice Munro (2013)
Munro, Alice, 1931- :
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Patrick Modiano (2014)
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- :
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Svetlana Alexievich (2015)
Aleksievich Svetlana, 1948-:
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Bob Dylan (2016)
Dylan, Bob, 1941- :
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Kazuo Ishiguro (2017)
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-:
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Olga Tokarczuk (2018)
Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-:
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Peter Handke (2019)
Handke, Peter, 1942-:
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Louise Glück (2020)
Glück, Louise, 1943-:
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Abdulrazak Gurnah (2021)
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-:
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Annie Ernaux (2022)
Ernaux, Annie, 1940-:
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