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[[File:Nobel2008Literature news conference1-1.jpg|thumb|[[Horace Engdahl]], the former permanent secretary of the [[Swedish Academy]], announcing that [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]] won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature]]
The [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Nobelpriset i litteratur'') is awarded annually by the [[Swedish Academy]] to authors for outstanding contributions in the field of [[literature]]. It is one of the five [[Nobel Prize]]s established by the 1895 [[Will (law)|will]] of [[Alfred Nobel]], which are awarded for outstanding contributions in [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|chemistry]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|physics]], literature, [[Nobel Peace Prize|peace]], and [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|physiology or medicine]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Alfred Nobel – The Man Behind the Nobel Prize | publisher = [[Nobel Foundation]] | url = http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> As dictated by Nobel's will, the award is administered by the [[Nobel Foundation]] and awarded by a committee that consists of five members elected by the Swedish Academy.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Nobel Prize Awarders | publisher = [[Nobel Foundation]] | url = http://nobelprize.org/prize_awarders/|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> The first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded in 1901 to [[Sully Prudhomme]] of [[France]]. Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award prize that has varied throughout the years.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Nobel Prize| publisher = [[Nobel Foundation]] | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/|accessdate=2008-10-07}}</ref> In 1901, Prudhomme received 150,782 [[Swedish krona|SEK]], which is equivalent to 7,731,004 SEK in December 2007. In 2008, the prize was awarded to [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]] of France, who was awarded the prize amount of 10,000,000 SEK.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Nobel Prize Amounts | publisher = [[Nobel Foundation]] | url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/amounts.html|accessdate=2008-10-16 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080731233358/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/amounts.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-07-31}}</ref> The award is presented in [[Stockholm]] at an annual ceremony on December 10, the [[anniversary]] of Nobel's death.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies | publisher = [[Nobel Foundation]] | url = http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/|accessdate=2008-10-16 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080822184717/http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-08-22}}</ref> 

As of 2011, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 108 individuals.<ref name="LiteratureLaureates">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/|title=All Nobel Laureates in Literature|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> When he received the award in 1958, Russian-born [[Boris Pasternak]] was forced to decline it under pressure from the government of the [[Soviet Union]]. In 1964, [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] refused to accept the Nobel Prize in Literature, as he had consistently refused all official honors in the past.<ref name="NobelFacts">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nobelprize_facts.html|title=Nobel Laureates Facts|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, more than any other Nobel Prize with the exception of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name="WomenLaureates">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/women.html|title=Women Nobel Laureates|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-16}}</ref> Among all the years the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded, there have been only four instances in which the award was given to two individuals (1904, 1917, 1966, 1974). There have been seven years in which the Nobel Prize in Literature was not awarded (1914, 1918, 1935, 1940–1943).<ref name="LiteratureLaureates"/>

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==Laureates==
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Year
! colspan="2" | Laureate
! Country{{ref|1|[A]}}
! Language
! Rationale
|-
| 1901
| [[File:Sully-Prudhomme.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sully Prudhomme]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "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"<ref name="Literature1901">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1901/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1901|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1902
| [[File:T-mommsen-2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Theodor Mommsen]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, ''[[History of Rome (Mommsen)|A History of Rome]]''"<ref name="Literature1902">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1902/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1902|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1903
| [[File:Björnstjerne Björnson, 1901.jpg|75px]]
| [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]]
| [[Norway]]
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit"<ref name="Literature1903">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1903/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1903|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1904
| [[File:Frédéric Mistral by Paul Saïn.jpg|75px]]
| [[Frédéric Mistral]]
| France
| [[Occitan language|Occitan]]
| "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist"<ref name="Literature1904">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1904/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1904|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:José Echegaray y Eizaguirre.jpg|75px]]
| [[José Echegaray]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama"<ref name="Literature1904"/>
|-
| 1905
| [[File:Henryk Sienkiewicz 02.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]]
| [[Poland]]
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer"<ref name="Literature1905">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1905/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1905|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1906
| [[File:Carducci.jpg|75px]]
| [[Giosuè Carducci]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces"<ref name="Literature1906">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1906/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1906|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1907
| [[File:Kiplingcropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rudyard Kipling]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author"<ref name="Literature1907">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1907/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1907|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1908
| [[File:Rudolf Christoph Eucken.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rudolf Christoph Eucken]]
| Germany
| [[German language|German]]
| "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life"<ref name="Literature1908">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1908/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1908|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1909
| [[File:Selma Lagerlöf.jpg|75px]]
| [[Selma Lagerlöf]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"<ref name="Literature1909">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1909/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1909|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1910
| [[File:Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel 042.jpg|75px]]
| [[Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse|Paul von Heyse]]
| Germany
| [[German language|German]]
| "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories"<ref name="Literature1910">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1910/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1910|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1911
| [[File:Maurice Maeterlinck.jpg|75px]]
| [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]
| [[Belgium]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations"<ref name="Literature1911">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1911/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1911|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1912
|[[File:G Hauptmann.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gerhart Hauptmann]]
| Germany
| [[German language|German]]
| "primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art"<ref name="Literature1912">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1912/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1912|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1913
| [[File:Tagore3.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| [[India]]
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own [[English language|English]] words, a part of the literature of the West"<ref name="Literature1913">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1913/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1913|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1914
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1915
|[[File:Romain Rolland 1915.jpg|75px]]
| [[Romain Rolland]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings"<ref name="Literature1915">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1915/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1915|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1916
| [[File:Johan Krouthén - Porträtt av Verner von Heidenstam.jpg|75px]]
| [[Verner von Heidenstam]]
| Sweden
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature"<ref name="Literature1916">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1916/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1916|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1917
| [[File:Karl Gjellerup.jpg|75px]]
| [[Karl Adolph Gjellerup]]
| [[Denmark]]
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals"<ref name="Literature1917">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1917/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1917|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Henrik Pontoppidan.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henrik Pontoppidan]]
| Denmark
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| "for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark"<ref name="Literature1917"/>
|-
| 1918
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1919
| [[File:Carl spitteler 1905.jpg|75px]]
| [[Carl Spitteler]]
| [[Switzerland]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "in special appreciation of his epic, ''Olympian Spring''"<ref name="Literature1919">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1919/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1919|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1920
| [[File:Knut Hamsun.jpeg‎|75px]]
| [[Knut Hamsun]]
| Norway
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| "for his monumental work, ''[[Growth of the Soil]]''"<ref name="Literature1920">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1920/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1920|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1921
| [[File:AnatoleFrance.JPG‎|75px]]
| [[Anatole France]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament"<ref name="Literature1921">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1921/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1921|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1922
| [[File:Jacinto Benavente y Martinez.jpg|75px]]
| [[Jacinto Benavente]]
| Spain
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama"<ref name="Literature1922">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1922/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1922|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1923
| [[File:William Butler Yeat by George Charles Beresford.jpg|75px]]
| [[William Butler Yeats]]
| [[Ireland]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation"<ref name="Literature1923">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1923/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1923|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1924
|[[File:Władysław Reymont.jpg|75px]]
| [[Władysław Reymont]]
| Poland
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "for his great national epic, ''[[Chłopi|The Peasants]]''"<ref name="Literature1924">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1924/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1924|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1925
| [[File:George bernard shaw.jpg|75px]]
| [[George Bernard Shaw]]
| Ireland
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"<ref name="Literature1925">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1925|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1926
| [[File:Grazia Deledda 1926.jpg|75px]]
| [[Grazia Deledda]]
| Italy
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general"<ref name="Literature1926">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1926/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1926|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1927
| [[File:Bergson-Nobel-photo.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henri Bergson]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented"<ref name="Literature1927">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1927/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1927|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1928
| [[File:Sigrid Undset crop.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sigrid Undset]]
| Norway
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages"<ref name="Literature1928">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1928/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1928|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1929
| [[File:Thomas Mann 1937.jpg|75px]]
| [[Thomas Mann]]
| Germany
| [[German language|German]]
| "principally for his great novel, ''[[Buddenbrooks]]'', which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"<ref name="Literature1929">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1929/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1929|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1930
| [[File:Sinclair Lewis 1930.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sinclair Lewis]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters"<ref name="Literature1930">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1930/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1930|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1931
| [[File:Erik Axel Karlfeldt.jpg|75px]]
| [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]]
| Sweden
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt"<ref name="Literature1931">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1931/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1931|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1932
| [[File:John galsworthy.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Galsworthy]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]''"<ref name="Literature1932">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1932/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1932|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1933
| [[File:Ivan Bunin 1933.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ivan Bunin]]
| Russia<br />France
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing"<ref name="Literature1933">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1933/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1933|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1934
| [[File:Luigi_Pirandello_1934.jpg|75px]]
| [[Luigi Pirandello]]
| Italy
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"<ref name="Literature1934">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1934/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1934|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1935
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1936
| [[File:Eugene O'Neill 1936.jpg|75px]]
| [[Eugene O'Neill]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy"<ref name="Literature1936">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1936/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1936|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1937
| [[File:Roger Martin du Gard 1937.jpg|75px]]
| [[Roger Martin du Gard]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel cycle ''Les Thibault''"<ref name="Literature1937">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1937/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1937|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1938
| [[File:Pearl Buck.jpg|75px]]
| [[Pearl S. Buck]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces"<ref name="Literature1938">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1938/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1938|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1939
| [[File:FransEemilSillanpää.jpg|75px]]
| [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]]
| [[Finland]]
| [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
| "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature"<ref name="Literature1939">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1939/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1939|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1940
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1941
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1942
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1943
| colspan=5 align=center | ''Not awarded''
|-
| 1944
| [[File:Johannes Vilhelm Jensen 1944.jpg|75px]]
| [[Johannes Vilhelm Jensen]]
| Denmark
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style"<ref name="Literature1944">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1944/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1944|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1945
| [[File:Gabriela Mistral-01.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gabriela Mistral]]
| [[Chile]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world"<ref name="Literature1945">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1945/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1945|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1946
| [[File:Hermann Hesse 1927 Photo Gret Widmann.jpg|75px]]
| [[Hermann Hesse]]
| Switzerland
| [[German language|German]]
| "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"<ref name="Literature1946">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1946/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1946|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1947
| [[File:André Gide 1947.jpg|75px]]
| [[André Gide]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"<ref name="Literature1947">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1947/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1947|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1948
| [[File:T.S. Eliot, 1923.JPG|75px]]
| [[T. S. Eliot]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"<ref name="Literature1948">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1948|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1949
| [[File:William Faulkner 01 KMJ.jpg|75px]]
| [[William Faulkner]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"<ref name="Literature1949">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1949|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1950
| 
| [[Bertrand Russell]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"<ref name="Literature1950">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1950/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1950|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1951
| [[File:Lagerkvist.jpg|75px]]
| [[Pär Lagerkvist]]
| Sweden
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"<ref name="Literature1951">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1951/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1951|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1952
| [[File:François Mauriac (1932).jpg|75px]]
| [[François Mauriac]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"<ref name="Literature1952">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1952/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1952|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1953
| [[File:Churchill portrait NYP 45063.jpg|75px]]
| [[Winston Churchill]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"<ref name="Literature1953">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1953/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1953|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1954
| [[File:ErnestHemingway.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ernest Hemingway]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'', and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"<ref name="Literature1954">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1954/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1954|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1955
| [[File:Laxness portrett einar hakonarson 1984.jpg|75px]]
| [[Halldór Laxness]]
| [[Iceland]]
| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
| "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland"<ref name="Literature1955">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1955/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1955|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1956
| [[File:JRJimenez.JPG|75px]]
| [[Juan Ramón Jiménez]]
| Spain
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity"<ref name="Literature1956">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1956/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1956|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1957
| [[File:Albert Camus, gagnant de prix Nobel, portrait en buste, posé au bureau, faisant face à gauche, cigarette de tabagisme.jpg|75px]]
| [[Albert Camus]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times"<ref name="Literature1957">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1957/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1957|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1958
| [[File:Boris Pasternak cropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[Boris Pasternak]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition"<ref name="Literature1958">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1958/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1958|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1959
| [[File:Salvatore Quasimodo 1959.jpg|75px]]
| [[Salvatore Quasimodo]]
| Italy
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times"<ref name="Literature1959">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1959/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1959|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1960
| [[File:Saint-John Perse 1960.jpg|75px]]
| [[Saint-John Perse]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time"<ref name="Literature1960">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1960/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1960|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1961
| [[File:Andric Ivo.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ivo Andrić]]
| [[SFRY|Yugoslavia]]
| [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]]
| "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country"<ref name="Literature1961">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1961/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1961|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1962
| [[File:JohnSteinbeck crop.JPG|75px]]
| [[John Steinbeck]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"<ref name="Literature1962">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1962|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1963
| [[File:Giorgos Seferis 1963.jpg|75px]]
| [[Giorgos Seferis]]
| [[Greece]]
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"<ref name="Literature1963">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1963/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1963|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1964
| [[File:Jean-Paul Sartre FP.JPG|75px]]
| [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age"<ref name="Literature1964">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1964/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1964|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1965
| [[File:Sholokhov-1938.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov|Mikhail Sholokhov]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people"<ref name="Literature1965">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1965/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1965|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1966
| [[File:Agnon.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]]
| [[Israel]]
| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
| "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"<ref name="Literature1966">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1966/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1966|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Nelly Sachs 1966.jpg|75px]]
| [[Nelly Sachs]]
| Sweden
| [[German language|German]]
| "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength"<ref name="Literature1966"/>
|-
| 1967
| [[File:MiguelAngelAsturias.JPG|75px]]
| [[Miguel Ángel Asturias]]
| [[Guatemala]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America"<ref name="Literature1967">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1967/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1967|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1968
| [[File:Kawabata Yasunari.jpg|75px]]
| [[Yasunari Kawabata|Kawabata Yasunari]]
| [[Japan]]
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind"<ref name="Literature1968">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1968|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1969
| [[File:Samuel Beckett 01.jpg|75px]]
| [[Samuel Beckett]]
| Ireland
| [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]
| "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"<ref name="Literature1969">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1969/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1969|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1970
| [[File:Solzhenicyn.jpg|75px]]
| [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"<ref name="Literature1970">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1970/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1970|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1971
| [[File:Pablo Neruda.jpg|75px]]
| [[Pablo Neruda]]
| Chile
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams"<ref name="Literature1971">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1971/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1971|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1972
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F062164-0004, Bonn, Heinrich Böll.jpg|75px]]
| [[Heinrich Böll]]
| West Germany
| [[German language|German]]
| "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature"<ref name="Literature1972">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1972/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1972|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1973
| [[File:Patrick Victor Martindale White.jpg|75px]]
| [[Patrick White]]
| [[Australia]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"<ref name="Literature1973">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1973/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1973|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| [[File:Eyvind.JPG|75px]]
| [[Eyvind Johnson]]
| Sweden
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"<ref name="Literature1974">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1974/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1974|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Harry Martinson.jpg|75px]]
| [[Harry Martinson]]
| Sweden
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"<ref name="Literature1974"/>
|-
| 1975
| [[File:Eugenio montale 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Eugenio Montale]]
| Italy
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions"<ref name="Literature1975">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1975/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1975|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| [[File:Saul Bellow, 1990.jpg|75px]]
| [[Saul Bellow]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work"<ref name="Literature1976">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1976/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1976|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| [[File:Vicentealeixandre.jpg|75px]]
| [[Vicente Aleixandre]]
| Spain
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars"<ref name="Literature1977">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1977/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1977|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1978
| [[File:Isaac Bashevis Singer crop.jpg|75px]]
| [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]]
| United States
| [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]
| "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life"<ref name="Literature1978">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1978/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1978|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1979
| [[File:Odysseas Elytis.jpg|75px]]
| [[Odysseas Elytis]]
| Greece
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness"<ref name="Literature1979">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1979/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1979|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| [[File:Czeslaw Milosz, 1986.jpg|75px]]
| [[Czesław Miłosz]]
| Poland<br />United States
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts"<ref name="Literature1980">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1980/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1980|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1981
| [[File:Canetti 1970.jpg|75px]]
| [[Elias Canetti]]
| Bulgaria<br />United Kingdom
| [[German language|German]]
| "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"<ref name="Literature1981">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1981/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1981|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| [[File:Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 2009.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
| [[Colombia]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts"<ref name="Literature1982">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1982/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1982|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
| [[File:William Golding.jpeg|75px]]
| [[William Golding]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today"<ref name="Literature1983">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1983/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1983|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| [[File:Jaroslav Seifert grave at Kralupy nad Vltavou cemetery CZ 0008.jpg|75px]]
| [[Jaroslav Seifert]]
| [[Czechoslovakia]]
| [[Czech language|Czech]]
| "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man"<ref name="Literature1984">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1984/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1984|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1985
| [[File:Claude Simon.jpg|75px]]
| [[Claude Simon]]
| France
| [[French language|French]]
| "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition"<ref name="Literature1985">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1985/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1985|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1986
| [[File:Soyinka, Wole (1934).jpg|75px]]
| [[Wole Soyinka]]
| [[Nigeria]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence"<ref name="Literature1986">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1986/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1986|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| [[File:Joseph Brodsky.jpg|75px]]
| [[Joseph Brodsky]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]] and [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"<ref name="Literature1987">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1987/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1987|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
| [[File:Necip Mahfuz.jpg|75px]]
| [[Naguib Mahfouz]]
| [[Egypt]]
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind"<ref name="Literature1988">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1988/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1988|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| [[File:Portrait Cela.jpg|75px]]
| [[Camilo José Cela]]
| Spain
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability"<ref name="Literature1989">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1989/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1989|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| [[File:Paz0.jpg|75px]]
| [[Octavio Paz]]
| [[Mexico]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity"<ref name="Literature1990">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1990/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1990|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
|[[File:Nadine Gordimer 01.JPG|75px]]
| [[Nadine Gordimer]]
| [[South Africa]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"<ref name="Literature1991">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1991/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1991|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
| [[File:Derek Walcott.jpg|75px]]
| [[Derek Walcott]]
| [[Saint Lucia]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"<ref name="Literature1992">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1992/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1992|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
| [[File:Toni Morrison 2008-2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Toni Morrison]]
| United States
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"<ref name="Literature1993">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1993|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| [[File:Kenzaburo Oe.jpg|75px]]
| [[Kenzaburō Ōe]]
| Japan
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today"<ref name="Literature1994">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1994/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1994|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
| [[File:Seamus Heaney 2004.jpg|75px]]
| [[Seamus Heaney]]
| Ireland
| [[English language|English]]
| "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"<ref name="Literature1995">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1995/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1995|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
| [[File:Szymborska(closeup).jpg|75px]]
| [[Wisława Szymborska]]
| Poland
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality"<ref name="Literature1996">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1996/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1996|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
| [[File:Dario Fo-Cesena.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dario Fo]]
| Italy
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden"<ref name="Literature1997">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1997/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1997|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1998
| [[File:JSJoseSaramago.jpg|75px]]
| [[José Saramago]]
| [[Portugal]]
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality"<ref name="Literature1998">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1998/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1998|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| [[File:Grass.JPG|75px]]
| [[Günter Grass]]
| Germany
| [[German language|German]]
| "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history"<ref name="Literature1999">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1999/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1999|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
|[[File:Gao Xingjian.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gao Xingjian]]
| France
| [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama"<ref name="Literature2000">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2000/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2000|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
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| [[V. S. Naipaul]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"<ref name="Literature2001">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2001/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2001|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
|[[File:Imre Kertész (1929-) Hungarian writer II. by Csaba Segesvári.JPG|75px]]
| [[Imre Kertész]]
| [[Hungary]]
| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
| "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"<ref name="Literature2002">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2002/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2002|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| [[File:J.M. Coetzee.JPG|75px]]
| [[J. M. Coetzee]]
| South Africa
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider"<ref name="Literature2003">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2003/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2003|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| [[File:Elfriede jelinek 2004 small.jpg|75px]]
| [[Elfriede Jelinek]]
| [[Austria]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power"<ref name="Literature2004">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2004/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2004|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| [[File:Pinterfoto cropped2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Harold Pinter]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"<ref name="Literature2005">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2005|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
|[[File:Orhanpamuk2 cropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[Orhan Pamuk]]
| [[Turkey]]
| [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
| "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"<ref name="Literature2006">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2006|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| [[File:Doris lessing 20060312 (square).jpg|75px]]
| [[Doris Lessing]]
| United Kingdom
| [[English language|English]]
| "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"<ref name="Literature2007">{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 2007|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| [[File:Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio-press conference Dec 06th, 2008-2.jpg|75px]]
| [[J. M. G. Le Clézio]]
| France<br />[[Mauritius]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"<ref name="Literature2008">{{cite web |url= http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2008/index.html |title= The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008 |publisher= [[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate= 2008-10-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| [[File:Herta Müller 2007.JPG|75px]]
| [[Herta Müller]]
| Germany<br />[[Romania]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"<ref name="Literature2009">{{cite web |url= http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2009/index.html |title= The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 |publisher= [[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate= 2009-10-08}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| [[File:Mario Vargas Llosa-2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mario Vargas Llosa]]
| [[Peru]]<br />
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".<ref name="Literature2010">{{cite web |url= http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010/index.html |title= The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 |publisher= [[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate= 2010-10-07}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| [[File:Transtroemer.jpg|75px]]
| [[Tomas Tranströmer]]
| Sweden
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "because, through his condensed, transluscent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".<ref name="Literature2011">{{cite web |url= http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ |title= The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 |publisher= [[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate= 2011-10-06}}</ref>

|}

==References==
;General
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* {{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/|title=All Nobel Laureates in Literature|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=2008–10–16}}
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;Notes
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{{note|1}}A. The information in the country column is according to nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Foundation. This information may not necessarily reflect the recipient's birthplace or citizenship.
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==External links==
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* [http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/index_eng.asp Official website of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
* [http://nobelprize.org/ Official website of the Nobel Foundation]

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