Nobel laureates in Literature (from our database)
| Year | Country | Language | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Austria | German | Handke, Peter |
| 2018 | Poland | Polish | Tokarczuk, Olga |
| 2017 | United Kingdom | English | Ishiguro, Kazuo |
| 2016 | United States of America | English | Dylan, Bob |
| 2015 | Belarus | Belarusian | Alekszijevics, Szvetlana |
| 2014 | France | French | Modiano, Patrick |
| 2013 | Canada | English | Munro, Alice |
| 2012 | China | English | Mo Yan |
| 2011 | Sweden | Swedish | Tranströmer, Tomas |
| 2010 | Peru | Spanish | Vargas Llosa, Mario |
| 2009 | Germany | German | Müller, Herta |
| 2008 | France | French | Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave |
| 2007 | United Kingdom | English | Lessing, Doris |
| 2006 | Turkey | English | Pamuk, Orhan |
| 2003 | South Africa | English | Coetzee, John Maxwell |
| 2002 | Hungary | Hungarian | Kertész Imre |
| 2001 | Trinidad and Tobago | English | Naipaul, V. S. |
| 1999 | Germany | German | Grass, Günter |
| 1998 | Portugal | Portuguese | Saramago, José |
| 1996 | Poland | Polish | Szymborska, Wisława |
| 1995 | Ireland | English | Heaney, Seamus |
| 1993 | United States of America | English | Morrison, Toni |
| 1992 | Saint Lucia | English | Walcott, Derek |
| 1991 | South Africa | English | Gordimer, Nadine |
| 1990 | Spain | Spanish | Paz, Octavio |
| 1989 | Spain | Spanish | Cela, Camilo José |
| 1987 | United States of America | Russian | Brodszkij, Joszif Alekszandrovics |
| 1986 | Nigeria | Yoruba | Soyinka, Wole |
| 1984 | Czech Republic | Czech | Seifert, Jaroslav |
| 1983 | United Kingdom | English | Golding, William |
| 1982 | Colombia | Spanish | Garcia Márquez, Gabriel |
| 1981 | Switzerland | German | Canetti, Elias |
| 1980 | Poland | Polish | Miłosz, Czesław |
| 1979 | Greece | Greek | Elytis, Odysseas |
| 1977 | Spain | Spanish | Vicente Aleixandre, Merlo |
| 1976 | United States of America | English | Bellow, Saul |
| 1975 | Italy | Italian | Montale, Eugenio |
| 1974 | Sweden | Swedish | Martinson, Harry |
| 1972 | Germany | German | Böll, Heinrich |
| 1971 | Chile | Spanish | Neruda, Pablo |
| 1970 | Russian Federation | Russian | Szolzsenyicin, Alekszandr Iszajevics |
| 1969 | Ireland | English | Beckett, Samuel |
| 1967 | Guatemala | Spanish | Asturias, Miguel Ángel |
| 1966 | Germany | German | Sachs, Nelly |
| 1963 | Greece | Greek | Seferis, Giorgos |
| 1961 | Serbia | Serbian | Andrić, Ivo |
| 1960 | France | French | Perse, Saint-John |
| 1959 | Italy | Italian | Quasimodo, Salvatore |
| 1958 | Soviet Union | Russian | Paszternak, Borisz Leonyidovics |
| 1956 | Spain | Spanish | Jiménez, Juan Ramón |
| 1955 | Iceland | Icelandic | Laxness, Halldór Kiljan |
| 1954 | United States of America | English | Hemingway, Ernest |
| 1953 | United Kingdom | English | Churchill, Winston |
| 1951 | Sweden | Swedish | Lagerkvist, Pär |
| 1950 | United Kingdom | English | Russell, Bertrand |
| 1949 | United Kingdom | English | Faulkner, William |
| 1948 | United Kingdom | English | Eliot, T. S. |
| 1946 | Switzerland | German | Hesse, Hermann |
| 1945 | Chile | Spanish | Mistral, Gabriela |
| 1944 | Denmark | Danish | Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm |
| 1943 | — | — | — |
| 1942 | — | — | — |
| 1941 | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — |
| 1939 | Finland | Finnish | Sillanpää, Frans Eemil |
| 1938 | United States of America | English | Buck, Pearl S. |
| 1937 | France | French | Martin du Gard, Roger |
| 1936 | United States of America | English | O'Neill, Eugene |
| 1935 | — | — | — |
| 1934 | Italy | Italian | Pirandello, Luigi |
| 1933 | France | Russian | Bunyin, Ivan Alekszejevics |
| 1932 | United Kingdom | English | Galsworthy, John |
| 1931 | Sweden | Swedish | Karlfeldt, Erik Axel |
| 1930 | United States of America | English | Lewis, Sinclair |
| 1929 | Germany | German | Mann, Thomas |
| 1928 | Norway | Norwegian | Undset, Sigrid |
| 1927 | France | French | Bergson, Henri |
| 1926 | Italy | Italian | Deledda, Grazia |
| 1925 | United Kingdom | English | Shaw, George Bernard |
| 1924 | Poland | Polish | Reymont, Władysław |
| 1923 | United Kingdom | English | Yeats, William Butler |
| 1922 | Spain | Spanish | Benavente, Jacinto |
| 1921 | France | French | France, Anatole |
| 1920 | Norway | Norwegian | Hamsun, Knut |
| 1919 | Switzerland | German | Spitteler, Carl |
| 1918 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | Denmark | Danish | Gjellerup, Karl Adolph |
| 1917 | Denmark | Danish | Pontoppidan, Henrik |
| 1916 | Sweden | Swedish | Heidenstam, Verner von |
| 1915 | France | French | Rolland, Romain |
| 1914 | — | — | — |
| 1913 | India | Bengali | Tagore, Rabindranath |
| 1912 | Germany | German | Hauptmann, Gerhart |
| 1911 | Belgium | French | Maeterlinck, Maurice |
| 1910 | Germany | German | Heyse, Paul |
| 1909 | Sweden | Swedish | Lagerlöf, Selma |
| 1908 | Germany | German | Eucken, Rudolf Christoph |
| 1907 | United Kingdom | English | Kipling, Rudyard |
| 1906 | Italy | Italian | Carducci, Giosuè |
| 1905 | Poland | Polish | Sienkiewicz, Henryk |
| 1904 | France | Occitan | Mistral, Frédéric |
| 1904 | Spain | Spanish | Echegaray y Eizaguirre, José |
| 1903 | Norway | Norwegian | Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne |
| 1902 | Germany | German | Mommsen, Christian Matthias Theodor |
| 1901 | France | French | Prudhomme, Sully |
