ਸਾਹਿਤ ਦਾ ਨੋਬਲ ਇਨਾਮ (ਸਵੀਡਨੀ: Nobelpriset i litteratur) ਸਾਹਿਤ ਦੇ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਲਈ ਲੇਖਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਡਿਸ਼ ਅਕੈਡਮੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਲਾਨਾ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਐਲਫਰੈਡ ਨੋਬੇਲ ਦੀ 1895 ਦੀ ਵਸੀਅਤ ਨਾਲ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਪੰਜ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰਾਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਕੈਮਿਸਟਰੀ, ਫਿਜ਼ਿਕਸ, ਸਾਹਿਤ, ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ, ਅਤੇ ਫਿਜ਼ੀਓਲੋਜੀ ਜਾਂ ਦਵਾਈਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਲਈ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।[1] ਨੋਬਲ ਦੀ ਵਸੀਅਤ ਦੇ ਆਦੇਸ਼ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਇਸ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਇੰਤਜ਼ਾਮ ਨੋਬਲ ਫਾਊਂਡੇਸ਼ਨ ਚਲਾਉਂਦੀ, ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਵੀਡਿਸ਼ ਅਕੈਡਮੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚੁਣੀ ਇੱਕ ਪੰਜ ਮੈਂਬਰੀ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਸਨਮਾਨ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ। [2] ਸਾਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ 1901 ਵਿੱਚ ਫਰਾਂਸ ਦੇ ਸੁੱਲੀ ਪਰੁਧੋਮ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। [3] ਹਰੇਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤਕਰਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਤਮਗਾ, ਇੱਕ ਡਿਪਲੋਮਾ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਮੁਦਰਾ-ਰਾਸੀ ਐਵਾਰਡ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਕਿ ਸਮੇਂ ਸਮੇਂ ਭਿੰਨ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ।[4] 1901 ਵਿੱਚ, ਪ੍ਰੌਧਮ ਨੂੰ 150,782 ਸੇਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਜਨਵਰੀ 2018 ਵਿੱਚ 8,823,637.78 ਸੇਕ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ 10 ਦਸੰਬਰ ਨੂੰ ਨੋਬਲ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਦੀ ਬਰਸੀ ਮੌਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਸਾਲਾਨਾ ਸਮਾਗਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਟਾਕਹੋਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। [5]
2017 ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਸਾਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ 114 ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।[6] 1958 ਵਿੱਚ ਰੂਸ-ਜਨਮੇ ਬੋਰਿਸ ਪਾਸਤਰਨਾਕ ਨੂੰ ਸੋਵੀਅਤ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਦਬਾਅ ਹੇਠ ਅਵਾਰਡ ਨੂੰ ਰੱਦ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। 1964 ਵਿੱਚ, ਯਾਂ-ਪਾਲ ਸਾਰਤਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੈਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ,[7] ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਸਨੇ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਸਾਰੇ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਸਨਮਾਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਰੱਦ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਸੀ। [8] ਹਾਲਾਂਕਿ ਨੋਬਲ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਇਨਕਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੀ, ਅਤੇ ਪਾਸ਼ਤਰਨਾਕ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਲੈਣ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ।[9]
ਚੌਦਾਂ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਜਿੱਤਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਨੋਬਲ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਹੈ। .[10][11] ਸਾਰੇ ਸਾਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਚਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਮੌਕੇ ਆਏ ਹਨ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ (1904, 1917, 1966, 1974) ਨੂੰ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। ਸੱਤ ਸਾਲ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਦਾ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ (1914, 1918, 1935, 1940-1943) ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। ਸਾਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੋਬਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਫਰਾਂਸ ਤੋਂ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ, ਕੁੱਲ ਗਿਣਤੀ 16 ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ ਦੇ ਗਿਆਰਾਂ ਗਿਆਰਾਂ ਹਨ।
ਸਾਲ | ਤਸਵੀਰ | ਜੇਤੂ | ਦੇਸ਼ | ਭਾਸ਼ਾ(ਵਾਂ) | ਹਵਾਲਾ | Genre(s) |
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1901 | ![]() |
ਸੁੱਲੀ ਪਰੁਧੋਮ | ![]() |
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"[12] | poetry, essay |
1902 | ![]() |
ਥੀਓਡੋਆ ਮਮਸੇਨ | ![]() |
German | "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A History of Rome"[13] | history, law |
1903 | ![]() |
ਬਿਓਰਨਸਟਰਨ ਬਿਓਰਨਸਨ | ![]() |
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"[14] | poetry, novel, drama |
1904 | ![]() |
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Provençal | "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"[15] | poetry, philology | |
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ਖੋਸੇ ਏਚੇਗਰਾਏ | ![]() |
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" | drama | |
1905 | ![]() |
ਹੈਨਰਿਕ ਸੈਂਕੀਏਵਿੱਚ | ![]() (born in Russian empire) |
Polish | "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer"[16] | novel |
1906 | ![]() |
Giosuè Carducci | ![]() |
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"[17] | poetry |
1907 | ![]() |
ਰੁਡੂਆਰਡ ਕਿਪਲਿੰਗ | ![]() |
English | "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration that characterize the creations of this world-famous author"[18] | novel, short story, poetry |
1908 | ![]() |
ਰੁਡੋਲਫ਼ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਟੋਫ਼ ਯੂਕੇਨ | ![]() |
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"[19] | philosophy |
1909 | ![]() |
ਸੇਲਮਾ ਲਾਗੇਰਲੋਫ਼ | ![]() ![]() |
Swedish | "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"[20] | novel, short story |
1910 | ![]() |
ਪਾਲ ਹਾਇਜ਼ | ![]() |
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"[21] | poetry, drama, novel, short story |
1911 | ![]() |
ਮੋਹਿਜ਼ ਮੈਤਿਆਲਿੰਕ | ![]() |
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"[22] | drama, poetry, essay |
1912 | ![]() |
ਗੇਰਹਾਰਟ ਹੌਪਟਮਾਨ | ![]() |
German | "primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art"[23] | drama, novel |
1913 | ![]() |
ਰਬਿੰਦਰਨਾਥ ਟੈਗੋਰ | ![]() ![]() |
Bengali and English | "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 words, a part of the literature of the West"[24] | poetry, novel, drama, short story, music |
1914 | Not awarded | |||||
1915 | ![]() |
ਰੋਮਾਂ ਰੋਲਾਂ | ![]() |
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"[25] | novel |
1916 | ![]() |
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Swedish | "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature"[26] | poetry, novel | |
1917 | ![]() |
ਕਾਰਲ ਐਡੌਲਫ ਗੇਲੇਰੋਪ | ![]() ![]() |
Danish | "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals"[27] | poetry |
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ਹੈਨਰਿਕ ਪੋਂਟੋਪਿਦਨ | ![]() ![]() |
Danish | "for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark" | novel | |
1918 | Not awarded | |||||
1919 | ![]() |
ਕਾਰਲ ਸਪਿੱਟਲਰ | ![]() ![]() |
German | "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring"[28] | poetry |
1920 | ![]() |
Knut Hamsun | ![]() ![]() |
Norwegian | "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil"[29] | novel |
1921 | ![]() |
ਅਨਾਤੋਲੇ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸ | ![]() |
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"[30] | novel, poetry |
1922 | ![]() |
ਖਾਸਿੰਤੋ ਬਿਨਾਵੇਂਤੇ | ![]() |
Spanish | "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama"[31] | drama |
1923 | ![]() |
ਵਿਲੀਅਮ ਬਟਲਰ ਯੇਟਸ | ![]() |
English | "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation"[32] | poetry |
1924 | ![]() |
ਵਲਾਦੀਸਲਾਵ ਰੇਮੌਂਤ | ![]() |
Polish | "for his great national epic, The Peasants"[33] | novel |
1925 | ਤਸਵੀਰ:Bernard-Shaw-ILN-1911-original.jpg | ਜਾਰਜ ਬਰਨਾਰਡ ਸ਼ਾਅ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"[35] | drama, literary criticism |
1926 | ![]() |
ਗਰਾਸੀਆ ਦੇਲੇਦਾ | ![]() |
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"[36] | poetry, novel |
1927 | ![]() |
ਹੈਨਰੀ ਬਰਗਸਨ | ![]() |
French | "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented"[37] | philosophy |
1928 | ![]() |
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Norwegian | "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages"[38] | novel | |
1929 | ![]() |
ਥਾਮਸ ਮਾਨ | ![]() |
German | "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"[39] | novel, short story, essay |
1930 | ![]() |
ਸਿਨਕਲੇਅਰ ਲੁਈਸ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters"[40] | novel, short story, drama |
1931 | ![]() |
ਏਰਿਕ ਐਕਸਲ ਕਾਰਲਫੈਲਡਟ | ![]() ![]() |
Swedish | "The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt"[41] | poetry |
1932 | ![]() |
ਜੌਹਨ ਗਾਲਜਵਰਦੀ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for his distinguished art of narration, which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga"[42] | novel |
1933 | ![]() |
ਇਵਾਨ ਬੂਨਿਨ | ![]() (Born in Russian Empire) |
Russian | "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing"[43] | short story, poetry, novel |
1934 | ![]() |
ਲੂਈਜੀ ਪਿਰਾਂਦੈਲੋ | ![]() ![]() |
Italian | "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"[44] | drama, novel, short story |
1935 | Not awarded | |||||
1936 | ![]() |
ਯੂਜੀਨ ਓਨੀਲ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy"[45] | drama |
1937 | ![]() |
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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"[46] | novel | |
1938 | ![]() |
ਪਰਲ ਐੱਸ ਬੱਕ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces"[47] | novel, biography |
1939 | ![]() |
ਫ਼ਰੰਸ ਏਮੀਲ ਸਿਲੰਪਾ | ![]() |
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"[48] | novel |
1940 | Not awarded | |||||
1941 | Not awarded | |||||
1942 | Not awarded | |||||
1943 | Not awarded | |||||
1944 | ![]() |
ਜੋਹਾਨਸ ਵਿਲਹੈਲਮ ਜੇਨਸਨ | ![]() ![]() |
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"[49] | poetry |
1945 | ![]() |
ਗਾਬਰੀਏਲਾ ਮਿਸਤਰਾਲ | ![]() ![]() |
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"[50] | poetry |
1946 | ![]() |
ਹਰਮਨ ਹੈੱਸ | ![]() ![]() (Born in Germany) |
German | "for his inspired writings, which while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"[51] | novel, poetry |
1947 | ![]() |
ਆਂਦਰੇ ਯੀਦ | ![]() |
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"[52] | novel, essay |
1948 | ![]() |
ਟੀ ਐਸ ਈਲੀਅਟ | ![]() ![]() (Born in the United States) |
English | "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"[53] | poetry |
1949 | ![]() |
ਵਿਲੀਅਮ ਫ਼ਾਕਨਰ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"[54] | novel, short story |
1950 | ![]() |
ਬਰਟਰੈਂਡ ਰਸਲ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"[55] | philosophy |
1951 | ![]() |
ਪਾਰ ਲਾਗੇਰਕਵਿਸਟ | ![]() ![]() |
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"[56] | poetry, novel, short story, drama |
1952 | ![]() |
ਫ੍ਰਾਂਸੋਆ ਮੌਰਿਆਕ | ![]() |
French | "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"[57] | novel, short story |
1953 | ![]() |
ਵਿੰਸਟਨ ਚਰਚਿਲ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"[58] | history, essay, memoirs |
1954 | ![]() |
ਅਰਨੈਸਟ ਹੈਮਿੰਗਵੇ | ![]() ![]() |
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"[59] | novel, short story, screenplay |
1955 | ![]() |
ਹਲਡੋਰ ਲੈਕਸਨਸ | ![]() |
Icelandic | "for his vivid epic power, which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland"[60] | novel, short story, drama, poetry |
1956 | ਖ਼ਵਨ ਰਮਨ ਹਿਮੇਨੇਜ਼ | ![]() ![]() |
Spanish | "for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity"[61] | poetry | |
1957 | ![]() |
ਅਲਬੇਰ ਕਾਮੂ | ![]() (Born in French Algeria) |
French | "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times"[62] | novel, short story, drama, philosophy, essay |
1958 | ![]() |
ਬੋਰਿਸ ਪਾਸਤਰਨਾਕ | ![]() ![]() |
Russian | "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition"[63] | novel, poetry, translation |
1959 | ![]() |
ਸਾਲਵਾਤੋਰੇ ਕੁਆਸੀਮੋਦੋ | ![]() ![]() |
Italian | "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times"[64] | poetry |
1960 | ![]() |
ਸੇਂਟ-ਜੌਹਨ ਪਰਸ | ![]() ![]() (Born in Guadeloupe) |
French | "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry, which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time"[65] | poetry |
1961 | ![]() |
ਈਵੋ ਆਂਦਰਿਚ | ![]() (Born in Austria-Hungary) |
Serbo-Croatian[66] | "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country"[67] | novel, short story |
1962 | ਜੌਨ ਸਟਾਈਨਬੈਕ | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"[68] | novel, short story, screenplay | |
1963 | ![]() |
ਜੋਰਗੋਸ ਸੇਫ਼ੇਰਿਸ | ![]() (Born in the Ottoman Empire) |
Greek | "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"[69] | poetry, essay, memoirs |
1964 | ਯਾਂ ਪਾਲ ਸਾਰਤਰ | ![]() ![]() |
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"[70] | novel, philosophy, drama, literary criticism, screenplay | |
1965 | 102x102px | ਮਿਖਾਇਲ ਸ਼ੋਲੋਖੋਵ | ![]() ![]() |
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"[71] | novel |
1966 | ![]() |
ਸ਼ਮੂਏਲ ਯੋਸਫ਼ ਅਗਨੋਨ | ![]() ![]() (Born in Austria-Hungary) |
Hebrew | "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"[72] | novel, short story |
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ਨੈਲੀ ਸਾਕਸ | ![]() ![]() (Born in Germany) |
German | "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength" | poetry, drama | |
1967 | ਮਿਗੂਏਲ ਐਂਜਲ ਅਸਤੂਰੀਅਸ | ![]() |
Spanish | "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America"[73] | novel, poetry | |
1968 | ![]() |
ਯਾਸੂਨਾਰੀ ਕਾਵਾਬਾਤਾ | ![]() ![]() |
Japanese | "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind"[74] | novel, short story |
1969 | ![]() |
ਸੈਮੂਅਲ ਬੈਕਟ | ![]() |
English and French | "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"[75] | novel, drama, poetry |
1970 | ![]() |
ਅਲੈਗਜ਼ੈਂਡਰ ਸੋਲਜ਼ੇਨਿਤਸਿਨ | ![]() ![]() |
Russian | "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"[76] | novel |
1971 | ![]() |
ਪਾਬਲੋ ਨੇਰੂਦਾ | ![]() ![]() |
Spanish | "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams"[77] | poetry |
1972 | ![]() |
ਹਾਈਨਰਿਸ਼ ਬਲ | ![]() |
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"[78] | novel, short story |
1973 | ![]() |
ਪੈਟਰਿਕ ਵਾਈਟ | ![]() ![]() (Born in the United Kingdom) |
English | "for an epic and psychological narrative art, which has introduced a new continent into literature"[79] | novel, short story, drama |
1974 | Eyvind Johnson | ![]() ![]() |
Swedish | "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"[80] | novel | |
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Harry Martinson | ![]() ![]() |
Swedish | "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos" | poetry, novel, drama | |
1975 | ![]() |
Eugenio Montale | ![]() ![]() |
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"[81] | poetry |
1976 | 77x77px | Saul Bellow | ![]() ![]() (Born in Canada) |
English | "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work"[82] | novel, short story |
1977 | ![]() |
Vicente Aleixandre | ![]() ![]() |
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"[83] | poetry |
1978 | ![]() |
Isaac Bashevis Singer | ![]() ![]() (Born in Poland) |
Yiddish | "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life"[84] | novel, short story, memoirs |
1979 | ![]() |
Odysseas Elytis | ![]() |
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"[85] | poetry, essay |
1980 | Czesław Miłosz | ![]() |
Polish | "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts"[86] | poetry, essay | |
1981 | ![]() |
Elias Canetti | ![]() ![]() (Born in Bulgaria) |
German | "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"[87] | novel, drama, memoirs, essay |
1982 | ![]() |
Gabriel García Márquez | ![]() |
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"[88] | novel, short story, screenplay |
1983 | ![]() |
William Golding | ![]() ![]() |
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"[89] | novel, poetry, drama |
1984 | ![]() |
Jaroslav Seifert | ![]() (Born in Austria-Hungary) |
Czech | "for his poetry, which endowed with freshness, and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man"[90] | poetry |
1985 | ![]() |
Claude Simon | ![]() ![]() (Born in French Madagascar) |
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"[91] | novel |
1986 | ![]() |
Wole Soyinka | ![]() |
English | "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence"[92] | drama, novel, poetry |
1987 | ![]() |
Joseph Brodsky | ![]() ![]() (Born in the Soviet Union) |
Russian and English | "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"[93] | poetry, essay |
1988 | ![]() |
Naguib Mahfouz | ![]() |
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"[94] | novel |
1989 | ![]() |
Camilo José Cela | ![]() ![]() |
Spanish | "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability"[95] | novel, short story |
1990 | ![]() |
Octavio Paz | ![]() ![]() |
Spanish | "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity"[96] | poetry, essay |
1991 | Nadine Gordimer | ![]() ![]() |
English | "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"[97] | novel, short story, essay | |
1992 | ![]() |
Derek Walcott | ![]() |
English | "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"[98] | poetry, drama |
1993 | ![]() |
Toni Morrison | ![]() ![]() |
English | "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"[99] | novel |
1994 | ![]() |
Kenzaburō Ōe | ![]() ![]() |
Japanese | "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today"[100] | novel, short story |
1995 | ![]() |
Seamus Heaney | ![]() ![]() (Born in Northern Ireland) |
English | "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"[101] | poetry |
1996 | ![]() |
Wisława Szymborska | ![]() |
Polish | "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality"[102] | poetry |
1997 | ![]() |
Dario Fo | ![]() ![]() |
Italian | "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden"[103] | drama |
1998 | ![]() |
José Saramago | ![]() ![]() |
Portuguese | "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality"[104] | novel, drama, poetry |
1999 | ![]() |
Günter Grass | ![]() ![]() |
German | "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history"[105] | novel, drama, poetry |
2000 | ![]() |
Gao Xingjian | ![]() ![]()
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Chinese | "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama"[106] | novel, drama, literary criticism |
2001 | ![]() |
V. S. Naipaul | ![]() ![]() (Born in Trinidad & Tobago) |
English | "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"[107] | novel, essay |
2002 | ![]() |
Imre Kertész | ![]() |
Hungarian | "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"[108] | novel |
2003 | J. M. Coetzee | ![]() ![]() |
English | "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider"[109] | novel, essay, translation | |
2004 | ![]() |
Elfriede Jelinek | ![]() |
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"[110] | novel, drama |
2005 | ![]() |
Harold Pinter | ![]() ![]() |
English | "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"[111] | drama, screenplay |
2006 | ![]() |
Orhan Pamuk | ![]() ![]() |
Turkish | "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"[112] | novel, screenplay, essay |
2007 | ![]() |
Doris Lessing | ![]() ![]() (Born in Iran) |
English | "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"[113] | novel, drama, poetry, short story, memoirs |
2008 | ![]() |
J. M. G. Le Clézio | ![]() ![]()
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French | "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"[114] | novel, short story, essay, translation |
2009 | ![]() |
Herta Müller | ![]() ![]() (Born in Romania) |
German | "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"[115] | novel, poetry |
2010 | ![]() |
Mario Vargas Llosa | ![]() ![]()
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Spanish | "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"[116] | novel, short story, essay, drama, memoirs |
2011 | ![]() |
Tomas Tranströmer | ![]() ![]() |
Swedish | "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality"[117] | poetry, translation |
2012 | ![]() |
Mo Yan | ![]() ![]() |
Chinese | "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"[118] | novel, short story |
2013 | ![]() |
Alice Munro | ![]() ![]() |
English | "master of the contemporary short story"[119] | short story |
2014 | ![]() |
Patrick Modiano | ![]() ![]() |
French | "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"[120] | novel |
2015 | ![]() |
Svetlana Alexievich | ![]() ![]() (Born in the Soviet Union) |
Russian | "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"[121] | history, essay |
2016 | ![]() |
Bob Dylan | ![]() ![]() |
English | "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"[122] | poetry, songwriting |
2017 | ![]() |
Kazuo Ishiguro | ![]() ![]() |
English | "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world"[123] | novel |
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