


{"id":67682,"date":"2025-12-28T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67682"},"modified":"2025-12-29T16:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:46:03","slug":"nobel-prize-in-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nobel-prize-in-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize 2025 in Literature, Winner Name, Contribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 is awarded to Hungarian author <\/span><b>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cfor his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.\u201d The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature continues a legacy that began in 1901, honoring authors whose works profoundly shape global literature. It recognizes outstanding literary achievement, creativity, and the power to illuminate human experiences and cultural values. Awarded by the Swedish Academy, the prize highlights the enduring importance of literature in promoting empathy, knowledge, and social reflection, reaffirming the historical and cultural significance of literature in enriching humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Nobel Prize 2025 in Literature<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 is announced on 9 October 2025, honoring Hungarian author L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai for his compelling and visionary body of work, including his acclaimed novel \u201cSatantango.\u201d Presented by the Swedish Academy, the prize recognizes his exceptional literary excellence, creativity, and profound impact on humanity. It celebrates his ability to reflect cultural, social, and human values through deeply philosophical and poetic writing. The laureate receives a medal, diploma, and monetary award, and the official ceremony takes place on 10 December 2025 in Stockholm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Check: <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nobel-prize-in-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Prize 2025 in Medicine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>Nobel Prize in Literature Historical Background<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nobel-prize-winners-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nobel Prize 2025<\/strong><\/a> in Literature originated from Alfred Nobel\u2019s 1895 will, aiming to reward those who produced remarkable literary works that uplift humanity. The first award was given in 1901, marking the beginning of a global tradition of honoring literary excellence. Since then, it has recognized writers whose words inspire thought, emotion, and cultural progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established through Alfred Nobel\u2019s 1895 will.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First awarded in 1901 by the Swedish Academy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizes outstanding literary contributions worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourages works promoting human ideals and imagination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrates authors from various languages and traditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Check: <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nobel-prize-in-physics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Prize Winners 2025 in Physics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>Nobel Prize in Literature List (2025-1901)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded annually by the Swedish Academy since 1901, honors outstanding authors, poets, and playwrights whose works have deeply influenced global literature and human thought. The detailed list of Nobel Prize Winners in Literature (2024-190) has been shared below.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 92.5847%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tb-color\" style=\"text-align: center; width: 91.6834%;\" colspan=\"3\"><b>Nobel Prize in Literature List (2025-1901)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%; text-align: center;\"><b>Year<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%; text-align: center;\"><b>Laureate<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%; text-align: center;\"><b>Contribution \/ Citation<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han Kang<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Fosse<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annie Ernaux<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdulrazak Gurnah<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louise Gl\u00fcck<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Handke<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olga Tokarczuk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazuo Ishiguro<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob Dylan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Svetlana Alexievich<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2014<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patrick Modiano<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2013<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice Munro<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master of the contemporary short story.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2012<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mo Yan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomas Transtr\u00f6mer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario Vargas Llosa<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual&#8217;s resistance, revolt, and defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2009<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herta M\u00fcller<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean-Marie Gustave Le Cl\u00e9zio<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2007<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doris Lessing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2006<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orhan Pamuk<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2005<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harold Pinter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression&#8217;s closed rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2004<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elfriede Jelinek<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that reveal the absurdity of society&#8217;s clich\u00e9s and their subjugating power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2003<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J. M. Coetzee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2002<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imre Kert\u00e9sz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2001<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V. S. Naipaul<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gao Xingjian<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For an \u0153uvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1999<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G\u00fcnter Grass<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1998<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jos\u00e9 Saramago<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1997<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dario Fo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1996<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wis\u0142awa Szymborska<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1995<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seamus Heaney<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1994<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenzaburo Oe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1993<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toni Morrison<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1992<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Derek Walcott<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1991<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadine Gordimer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who through her magnificent epic writing has been of very great benefit to humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1990<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Octavio Paz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1989<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camilo Jos\u00e9 Cela<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man&#8217;s vulnerability.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1988<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naguib Mahfouz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who, through works rich in nuance, has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1987<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Brodsky<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1986<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wole Soyinka<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1985<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claude Simon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who in his novel combines the poet&#8217;s and the painter&#8217;s creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1984<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaroslav Seifert<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit of man.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1983<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Golding<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his novels which illuminate the human condition in the world of today.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1982<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1981<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elias Canetti<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1980<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Czes\u0142aw Mi\u0142osz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man&#8217;s exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1979<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odysseus Elytis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts modern man&#8217;s struggle for freedom and creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1978<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isaac Bashevis Singer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his impassioned narrative art rooted in Polish-Jewish cultural tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1977<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vicente Aleixandre<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For creative poetic writing that represents the renewal of Spanish poetry traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1976<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saul Bellow<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture combined in his work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1975<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eugenio Montale<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his distinctive poetry interpreting human values under an outlook on life with no illusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1974<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eyvind Johnson \/ Harry Martinson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For narrative art serving freedom \/ For writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1973<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patrick White<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For an epic and psychological narrative art introducing a new continent into literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1972<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heinrich B\u00f6ll<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his writing which renews German literature with sensitivity and broad perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1971<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pablo Neruda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a poetry that brings alive a continent&#8217;s destiny and dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1970<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the ethical force with which he pursued indispensable traditions of Russian literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1969<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuel Beckett<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his writing that, in new forms for novel and drama, elevates the destitution of modern man.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1968<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasunari Kawabata<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his narrative mastery expressing the essence of the Japanese mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1967<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his vivid literary achievement deep-rooted in Latin American Indian traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1966<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shmuel Agnon \/ Nelly Sachs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his narrative art with motifs from Jewish life \/ For lyrical and dramatic writing interpreting Israel&#8217;s destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1965<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mikhail Sholokhov<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the artistic power and integrity of his epic of the Don.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1964<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean-Paul Sartre<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his work rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1963<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giorgos Seferis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his eminent lyrical writing inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1962<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Steinbeck<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his realistic and imaginative writings with sympathetic humour and social perception.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1961<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ivo Andri\u0107<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the epic force with which he depicted human destinies from his country&#8217;s history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1960<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint-John Perse<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his visionary poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1959<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salvatore Quasimodo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his lyrical poetry expressing the tragic experience of life in our time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1958<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boris Pasternak<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his important achievement in lyrical poetry and the Russian epic tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1957<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albert Camus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For literary production that illuminates the problems of human conscience.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1956<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his lyrical poetry in Spanish, an example of high spirit and purity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1955<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halld\u00f3r Laxness<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his vivid epic power renewing Icelandic narrative art.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1954<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ernest Hemingway<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his mastery of narrative art, especially The Old Man and the Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1953<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his mastery of historical and biographical description and brilliant oratory.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1952<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fran\u00e7ois Mauriac<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For deep spiritual insight and artistic intensity in his novels.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1951<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e4r Lagerkvist<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For artistic vigour and independence of mind in seeking eternal answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1950<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bertrand Russell<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For writings that champion humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1949<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Faulkner<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For powerful and unique contribution to the modern American novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1948<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T. S. Eliot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1947<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andr\u00e9 Gide<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For comprehensive and significant writings presenting human problems with fearless truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1946<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hermann Hesse<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For inspired writings exemplifying humanitarian ideals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1945<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriela Mistral<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her lyric poetry symbolizing the idealistic aspirations of Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1944<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johannes V. Jensen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the strength and fertility of poetic imagination and creative style.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1939<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frans Eemil Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For deep understanding of peasantry and exquisite art portraying their life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1938<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pearl S. Buck<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her epic descriptions of peasant life in China and biographical masterpieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1937<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger Martin du Gard<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For artistic power and truth in depicting human conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1936<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eugene O&#8217;Neill<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the power, honesty and deep emotion of his dramatic works.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 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Rolland<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For lofty idealism and love of truth in his literary work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1913<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabindranath Tagore<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his profoundly sensitive and beautiful verse that made his poetic thought part of world literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1912<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gerhart Hauptmann<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For fruitful, varied, and outstanding dramatic art.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For lofty idealism, vivid imagination, and spiritual perception.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1908<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rudolf Eucken<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For vindicating and developing an idealistic philosophy of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1907<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.9097%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rudyard Kipling<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.0922%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For originality, imagination, and remarkable talent for narration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.68155%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1906<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 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