Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature, first awarded in 1901, is annual award for an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic

Living Laureates: Ascending (Alexievich-Modiano)

Alice Munro (2013)
Munro, Alice, 1931- :
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Wole Soyinka (1986)
Soyinka, Wole, [1934- ]:
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Kenzaburo Oe (1994)
Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935- :
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Mario Vargas Llosa (2010)
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- :
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John M. Coetzee (2003)
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- :
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Annie Ernaux (2022)
Ernaux, Annie, 1940-:
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Xingjian Gao (2000)
Gao, Xingjian, [1940- ]:
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Jean Marie Gustave Le Clézio (2008)
Le Clézio, J.-M.G. (Jean Marie Gustave), 1940- :
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Bob Dylan (2016)
Dylan, Bob, 1941- :
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Peter Handke (2019)
Handke, Peter, 1942-:
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Louise Glück (2020)
Glück, Louise, 1943-:
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Patrick Modiano (2014)
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- :
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Elfriede Jelinek (2004)
Jelinek, Elfriede, 1946- :
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Svetlana Alexievich (2015)
Aleksievich Svetlana, 1948-:
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Abdulrazak Gurnah (2021)
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-:
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Orhan Pamuk (2006)
Pamuk, Orhan, 1952- :
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Herta Müller (2009)
Müller, Herta, 1953- :
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Kazuo Ishiguro (2017)
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-:
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Yan Mo (2012)
Mo, Yan, 1955- :
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Olga Tokarczuk (2018)
Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-:
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