Monday 6 July 2020

Nobel Prize in Literature winners





1901 - 2018

YearNameGenderCitizenshipSecond CitizenshipBornRemarks
2018The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature has been postponed.
2017KazuoIshiguroMaleUnited Kingdom1954
2016BobDylanMaleUnited States1941
2015SvetlanaAlexievichFemaleUkraine1948
2014PatrickModianoMaleFrance1945
2013AliceMunroFemaleCanada1931
2012MoYanMaleChina1955
2011TomasTranströmerMaleSweden1931
2010MarioVargas LlosaMalePeru1936
2009HertaMüllerFemaleGermany1953
2008Jean-Marie GustaveLe ClézioMaleFranceMauritius1940
2007DorisLessingFemaleUnited Kingdom1919
2006OrhanPamukMaleTurkey1952
2005HaroldPinterMaleUnited Kingdom1930
2004ElfriedeJelinekFemaleAustria1946
2003J.M.CoetzeeMaleSouth Africa1940
2002ImreKertészMaleHungary1929
2001V.S.NaipaulMaleUnited Kingdom1932
2000GaoXingjianMaleFrance1940
1999GünterGrassMaleGermany1927
1998JoséSaramagoMalePortugal1922
1997DarioFoMaleItaly1926
1996WislawaSzymborskaFemalePoland1923
1995SeamusHeaneyMaleIreland1939
1994KenzaburoOeMaleJapan1935
1993ToniMorrisonFemaleUnited States1931
1992DerekWalcottMaleSaint Lucia1930
1991NadineGordimerFemaleSouth Africa1923
1990OctavioPazMaleMexico1914
1989Camilo JoséCelaMaleSpain1916
1988NaguibMahfouzMaleEgypt1911
1987JosephBrodskyMaleUnited States1940
1986WoleSoyinkaMaleNigeria1934
1985ClaudeSimonMaleFrance1913
1984JaroslavSeifertMaleCzechoslovakia1901
1983WilliamGoldingMaleUnited Kingdom1911
1982Gabriel GarcíaMárquezMaleColombia1928
1981EliasCanettiMaleUnited Kingdom1905
1980CzeslawMiloszMalePolandUnited States1911
1979OdysseusElytisMaleGreece1911
1978Isaac BashevisSingerMaleUnited States1904
1977VicenteAleixandreMaleSpain1898
1976SaulBellowMaleUnited States1915
1975EugenioMontaleMaleItaly1896
1974EyvindJohnsonMaleSweden1900
1974HarryMartinsonMaleSweden1904
1973PatrickWhiteMaleAustralia1912
1972HeinrichBöllMaleGermany1917
1971PabloNerudaMaleChile1904
1970AlexandrSolzhenitsynMaleSoviet Union1918
1969SamuelBeckettMaleIreland1906
1968YasunariKawabataMaleJapan1899
1967Miguel AngelAsturiasMaleGuatemala1899
1966SamuelAgnonMaleIsrael1888
1966NellySachsFemaleSweden1891
1965MikhailSholokhovMaleSoviet Union1905
1964Jean-PaulSartreMaleFrance1905Declined the prize
1963GiorgosSeferisMaleGreece1900
1962JohnSteinbeckMaleUnited States1902
1961IvoAndricMaleYugoslavia1892
1960Saint-JohnPerseMaleFrance1887
1959SalvatoreQuasimodoMaleItaly1901
1958BorisPasternakMaleSoviet Union1890Forced to decline
1957AlbertCamusMaleFrance1913
1956Juan RamónJiménezMaleSpain1881
1955HalldórLaxnessMaleIceland1902
1954ErnestHemingwayMaleUnited States1899
1953WinstonChurchillMaleUnited Kingdom1874
1952FrançoisMauriacMaleFrance1885
1951PärLagerkvistMaleSweden1891
1950BertrandRussellMaleUnited Kingdom1872
1949WilliamFaulknerMaleUnited States1897
1948T.S.EliotMaleUnited Kingdom1888
1947AndréGideMaleFrance1869
1946HermannHesseMaleSwitzerland1877
1945GabrielaMistralFemaleChile1889
1944Johannes V.JensenMaleDenmark1873
1939Frans EemilSillanpääMaleFinland1888
1938PearlBuckFemaleUnited States1892
1937RogerMartin du GardMaleFrance1881
1936EugeneO'NeillMaleUnited States1888
1934LuigiPirandelloMaleItaly1867
1933IvanBuninMalestateless1870
1932JohnGalsworthyMaleUnited Kingdom1867
1931Erik AxelKarlfeldtMaleSweden1864
1930SinclairLewisMaleUnited States1885
1929ThomasMannMaleGermany1875
1928SigridUndsetFemaleNorway1882
1927HenriBergsonMaleFrance1859
1926GraziaDeleddaFemaleItaly1871
1925George BernardShawMaleUnited Kingdom1856
1924WladyslawReymontMalePoland1867
1923William ButlerYeatsMaleIreland1865
1922JacintoBenaventeMaleSpain1866
1921AnatoleFranceMaleFrance1844
1920KnutHamsunMaleNorway1859
1919CarlSpittelerMaleSwitzerland1845
1917KarlGjellerupMaleDenmark1857
1917HenrikPontoppidanMaleDenmark1857
1916Vernervon HeidenstamMaleSweden1859
1915RomainRollandMaleFrance1866
1913RabindranathTagoreMaleIndia1861
1912GerhartHauptmannMaleGermany1862
1911MauriceMaeterlinckMaleBelgium1862
1910PaulHeyseMaleGermany1830
1909SelmaLagerlöfFemaleSweden1858
1908RudolfEuckenMaleGermany1846
1907RudyardKiplingMaleUnited Kingdom1865
1906GiosuèCarducciMaleItaly1835
1905HenrykSienkiewiczMalePoland1846
1904JoséEchegarayMaleSpain1832
1904FrédéricMistralMaleFrance1830
1903BjørnstjerneBjørnsonMaleNorway1832
1902TheodorMommsenMaleGermany1817
1901SullyPrudhommeMaleFrance1839


1901  Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907)

Given: "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."

List of works 
Some poems translated


Links

Nomination Archive (up to 1966)
* NobelPrize.Org - Literature
* Wikipedia
List of Nobel laureates in Literature
* Barnes&Noble books by Nobel Prize authors



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