- Nobel Prize winners by category (literature)
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▪ TableNobel Prize winners by category (literature)year name country* literary area1901 Sully Prudhomme France poet1902 Mommsen, Theodor Germany historian1903 Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Martinius Norway novelist, poet, dramatist1904 Echegaray y Eizaguirre, José Spain dramatistMistral, Frédéric France poet1905 Sienkiewicz, Henryk Poland novelist1906 Carducci, Giosuè Italy poet1907 Kipling, Rudyard U.K. poet, novelist1908 Eucken, Rudolf Christoph Germany philosopher1909 Lagerlöf, Selma Sweden novelist1910 Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von Germany poet, novelist, dramatist1911 Maeterlinck, Maurice Belgium dramatist1912 Hauptmann, Gerhart Germany dramatist1913 Tagore, Rabindranath India poet1915 Rolland, Romain France novelist1916 Heidenstam, Verner von Sweden poet1917 Gjellerup, Karl (Gjellerup, Karl Adolph) Denmark novelistPontoppidan, Henrik Denmark novelist1918 Karlfeldt, Erik Axel (declined) Sweden poet1919 Spitteler, Carl Switzerland poet, novelist1920 Hamsun, Knut Norway novelist1921 France, Anatole France novelist1922 Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto Spain dramatist1923 Yeats, William Butler Ireland poet1924 Reymont, Wladyslaw Stanislaw (Reymont, Władysław Stanisław) Poland novelist1925 Shaw, George Bernard Ireland dramatist1926 Deledda, Grazia Italy novelist1927 Bergson, Henri France philosopher1928 Undset, Sigrid Norway novelist1929 Mann, Thomas Germany novelist1930 Lewis, Sinclair U.S. novelist1931 Karlfeldt, Erik Axel (posthumous award) Sweden poet1932 Galsworthy, John U.K. novelist1933 Bunin, Ivan Alekseyevich U.S.S.R. poet, novelist1934 Pirandello, Luigi Italy dramatist1936 O'Neill, Eugene U.S. dramatist1937 Martin du Gard, Roger France novelist1938 Buck, Pearl U.S. novelist1939 Sillanpää, Frans Eemil Finland novelist1944 Jensen, Johannes V. Denmark novelist1945 Mistral, Gabriela Chile poet1946 Hesse, Hermann Switzerland novelist1947 Gide, André France novelist, essayist1948 Eliot, T.S. U.K. poet, critic1949 Faulkner, William U.S. novelist1950 Russell, Bertrand U.K. philosopher1951 Lagerkvist, Pär Sweden novelist1952 Mauriac, François France poet, novelist, dramatist1953 Churchill, Sir Winston U.K. historian, orator1954 Hemingway, Ernest U.S. novelist1955 Laxness, Halldór Iceland novelist1956 Jiménez, Juan Ramón Spain poet1957 Camus, Albert France novelist, dramatist1958 Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich (declined) U.S.S.R. novelist, poet1959 Quasimodo, Salvatore Italy poet1960 Saint-John Perse France poet1961 Andric, Ivo (Andrić, Ivo) Yugoslavia novelist1962 Steinbeck, John U.S. novelist1963 Seferis, George Greece poet1964 Sartre, Jean-Paul (declined) France philosopher, dramatist1965 Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich U.S.S.R. novelist1966 Agnon, S.Y. Israel novelistSachs, Nelly Sweden poet1967 Asturias, Miguel Ángel Guatemala novelist1968 Kawabata Yasunari Japan novelist1969 Beckett, Samuel Ireland novelist, dramatist1970 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich U.S.S.R. novelist1971 Neruda, Pablo Chile poet1972 Böll, Heinrich West Germany novelist1973 White, Patrick Australia novelist1974 Johnson, Eyvind Sweden novelistMartinson, Harry Sweden novelist, poet1975 Montale, Eugenio Italy poet1976 Bellow, Saul U.S. novelist1977 Aleixandre, Vicente Spain poet1978 Singer, Isaac Bashevis U.S. novelist1979 Elytis, Odysseus Greece poet1980 Milosz, Czeslaw (Miłosz, Czesław) U.S. poet1981 Canetti, Elias Bulgaria novelist, essayist1982 García Márquez, Gabriel Colombia novelist, journalist, social critic1983 Golding, Sir William U.K. novelist1984 Seifert, Jaroslav Czech. poet1985 Simon, Claude France novelist1986 Soyinka, Wole Nigeria dramatist, poet1987 Brodsky, Joseph U.S. poet, essayist1988 Mahfouz, Naguib Egypt novelist1989 Cela, Camilo José Spain novelist1990 Paz, Octavio Mexico poet, essayist1991 Gordimer, Nadine South Africa novelist1992 Walcott, Derek St. Lucia poet1993 Morrison, Toni U.S. novelist1994 Oe Kenzaburo (Ōe Kenzaburō) Japan novelist1995 Heaney, Seamus Ireland poet1996 Szymborska, Wislawa (Szymborska, Wisława) Poland poet1997 Fo, Dario Italy dramatist, actor1998 Saramago, José Portugal novelist1999 Grass, Günter Germany novelist2000 Gao Xingjian France novelist, dramatist2001 Naipaul, Sir V.S. Trinidad novelist2002 Kertész, Imre Hungary novelist2003 Coetzee, J.M. South Africa novelist2004 Jelinek, Elfriede Austria novelist, playwright2005 Pinter, Harold U.K. playwright2006 Pamuk, Orhan Turkey novelist2007 Lessing, Doris U.K. novelist2008 Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave France novelist, essayist*Nationality given is the citizenship of recipient at the time award was made. Prizes may be withheld or not awarded in years when no worthy recipient can be found or when the world situation (e.g., World Wars I and II) prevents the gathering of information needed to reach a decision.See as table:
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Universalium. 2010.