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List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors which, according to the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the benefactor of the prize, has produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".[1] It is one of the five Nobel Prizes which are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.[2]
Leo Tolstoy, one of the most widely read writers who never won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Every year, the Swedish Academy sends out requests regularly for nominations of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Members of the Academy, members of literature academies and societies, professors of literature and language, former Nobel literature laureates, and the presidents of writers' organizations are all allowed to nominate a candidate. Nomination of oneself is not permitted.[3] Despite the yearly invitations for nominations, there have been some years wherein the prize was not conferred due to particular reasons (1914, 1918, 1935) and due to the outbreak of World War II (1940–1943). Besides the prize has been delayed for a year seven times (1915, 1919, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1949).
Records of nominations are strictly kept secret for 50 years until they are made publicly available. Currently, the nominations submitted from 1901 to 1972 are available.[4][5] Since 1901 to 1972, there have been 814 writers coming from different parts of the world nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 68 of which were awarded the prize[6] and Albert Schweitzer was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1953. 15 more writers from these nominees were awarded after 1972 and Elie Wiesel was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1986. Only 75 women had been nominated for the prize starting with Malwida von Meysenburg who was nominated once for the year 1901[7] and 8 of them have been awarded after all. Only one literary society has been nominated, the Pali Text Society for the year 1916.
Though the following list consists of notable literary figures deemed worthy of the prize, there have been some celebrated writers who were not considered nor even nominated such as Anton Chekhov,[8] Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Robert Hugh Benson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Blok, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, Rainer Maria Rilke, Federico García Lorca, Lu Xun, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Antonio Machado, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Christopher Dawson, Virginia Woolf, C. S. Lewis, Simone Weil, Willa Cather, George Orwell, Galaktion Tabidze, Edith Hamilton, Richard Wright, Flannery O'Connor, Langston Hughes and Jack Kerouac.[9][10][11]
Nominees by their first nomination
1901–1909
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | |||||
| Sully Prudhomme | March 16, 1839 Paris, France | September 6, 1907 Châtenay-Malabry, France | 1901 | Won the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature.[12] | |
| Henryk Sienkiewicz | May 5, 1846 Wola Okrzejska, Poland | November 15, 1916 Vevey, Switzerland | 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 | Won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature.[13] | |
| René Vallery-Radot[a] | October 1, 1853 Paris, France | January 24, 1933 Paris, France | 1901 | [15] | |
| Edmond Rostand[b] | April 1, 1868 Marseille, France | December 2, 1918 Paris, France | 1901 | [16] | |
| Julius Gersdorff[c] | June 15, 1849 Szczecin, Poland | November 7, 1907 Weimar, Germany | 1901 | Nominated the only time by music pedagogue Carl Heinrich Döring (1834-1916) from Dresden Royal Conservatory.[17] | |
| Oscar le Pin[d] | ? Switzerland | ? Switzerland | 1901 | Nominated the only time by P.L.Bonnaviat from Saint-Petersburg Elizabethan Institute.[18] | |
| Louis Ducros[e] | December 27, 1846 Nîmes, France | 1927 Strasbourg, France[19] | 1901 | Nominated the only time by M.Clerc.[20] | |
| Carl Gustaf Estlander[f] | January 31, 1834 Lappfjärd, Finland | August 28, 1910 Helsinki, Finland | 1901 | Nominated the only time by J.G.Frosterus.[21] | |
| Auguste Sabatier[g] | October 22, 1839 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France | April 12, 1901 Strasbourg, France | 1901 | Nominated the only time by G.Monod.[22] Died before the only chance to be rewarded. | |
| Paul Duproix[h] | August 14, 1851 France | January 24, 1912 France | 1901 | Nominated the only time by Émile Redard (1848-1913) from the Société de Belles-Lettres, Geneva.[23] | |
| Charles Borgeaud[i] | August 15, 1861 Le Chenit, Switzerland | October 6, 1940 Onex, Switzerland | 1901 | [24] | |
| Charles Renouvier[j] | January 1, 1815 Montpellier, France | September 1, 1903 Prades, France | 1901 | Nominated the only time by Antoine Benoist (1846-1922) from the University of Toulouse.[25] | |
| Giacomo Stampa[k] | ? Italy | ? Italy | 1901 | Nominated the only time by Árm.Vámbéry.[26] | |
| Ossip Lourié[l] | January 28, 1868 Dubroŭna, Belarus | July 2, 1955 Paris, France | 1901 | Nominated the only time by Kr.Birch-Reichenwald Aars.[27] | |
| João da Câmara[m] | December 27, 1852 Lisbon, Portugal | January 2, 1908 Lisbon, Portugal | 1901 | Nominated the only time by J.J.Coelho de Carvalho.[28] | |
| Malwida von Meysenbug[n] | October 28, 1816 Kassel, Germany | April 23, 1903 Rome, Italy | 1901 | Nominated the only time by G.Monod through B.Bjørnson.[29] First woman nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Émile Zola[o] | April 2, 1840 Paris, France | September 29, 1902 Paris, France | 1901, 1902 | Nominated by M.Berthelot only[30] | |
| Ferenc Kemény[p] | July 17, 1860 Zrenjanin Serbia | November 21, 1944 Budapest, Hungary | 1901, 1902 | [31] | |
| Alexander Baumgartner[q] | June 27, 1841 St. Gallen, Switzerland | October 5, 1910 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | 1901, 1902, 1903 | Nominated by Kn.K.Krogh-Tonning only.[32] | |
| Gaston Paris[r] | August 9, 1839 Avenay-Val-d'Or, France | March 5, 1903 Cannes, France | 1901, 1902, 1903 | Nominated by Fr.Wulff only.[33] | |
| Gaspar Núñez de Arce[s] | August 4, 1834 Valladolid, Spain | June 9, 1903 Madrid, Spain | 1901, 1902, 1903 | [34] | |
| Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol[t] | March 23, 1847 Iași, Romania | February 27, 1920 Bucharest, Romania | 1901, 1909 | Nominated by I.Găvănescu only.[35] | |
| Antonio Fogazzaro[u] | March 25, 1842 Vicenza, Italy | March 7, 1911 Vicenza, Italy | 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911 | [36] | |
| Paul Sabatier[v] | August 3, 1858 Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux, France | March 4, 1928 Strasbourg, France | 1901, 1902, 1903, 1924, 1925 | Nominated by C.Bildt only.[37] | |
| Frédéric Mistral | September 8, 1830 Maillane, France | March 25, 1914 Maillane, France | 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 | Won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature (shared with José Echegaray).[38] | |
| 1902 | |||||
| José Echegaray | April 19, 1832 Madrid, Spain | September 14, 1916 Madrid, Spain | 1902, 1903, 1904 | Won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature (shared with Frédéric Mistral).[39] | |
| Theodor Mommsen | November 30, 1817 Garding, Germany | November 1, 1903 Berlin, Germany | 1902 | Won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature.[40] | |
| Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | December 8, 1832 Kvikne, Norway | April 26, 1910 Paris, France | 1902, 1903 | Won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature.[41] | |
| Giosuè Carducci | July 27, 1835 Pietrasanta, Italy | February 16, 1907 Bologna, Italy | 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906 | Won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature.[42] | |
| Gerhart Hauptmann | November 15, 1862 Szczawno-Zdrój, Poland | June 6, 1946 Jelenia Góra, Poland | 1902, 1906, 1912 | Won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature.[43] | |
| William Butler Yeats | June 13, 1865 Sandymount, Ireland | January 28, 1939 Cannes, France | 1902, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923 | Won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature.[44] | |
| Anatoly Koni[w] | January 28, 1844 Saint Petersburg, Russia | September 17, 1927 Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1902 | Nominated the only time by Ant.Woulfert.[45] | |
| Ventura Fernández López[x] | July 14, 1866 Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Spain | November 17, 1944 Toledo, Spain | 1902 | Nominated the only time by Emmanuel Casado y Salas from the University of Toledo.[46] | |
| Carl Weitbrecht | December 8, 1847 Althengstett, Germany | June 10, 1904 Stuttgart, Germany | 1902 | Nominated the only time by Hermann Fischer (1851-1920) from the University of Tübingen.[47] | |
| Hartmann Grisar[y] | September 22, 1845 Koblenz, Germany | February 25, 1932 Innsbruck, Austria | 1902 | Nominated the only time by Kn.K.Krogh-Tonning.[48] | |
| Herbert Spencer | April 27, 1820 Derby, England | December 8, 1903 Brighton, England | 1902 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[49] | |
| Bernard Bosanquet | June 14, 1848 Alnwick, England | February 8, 1923 London, England | 1902 | Nominated the only time by W.M.Dixon.[50] | |
| Marcel Barrière[z] | November 3, 1860 Limoux, France | February 18, 1954 Paris, France | 1902 | Nominated the only time by Aug.Ém.Faguet.[51] | |
| Gustav Falke[aa] | January 11, 1853 Lübeck, Germany | February 8, 1916 Marburg, Germany | 1902 | Nominated the only time by Aug.Sauer.[52] | |
| Archibald Robertson[ab] | June 29, 1853 Northamptonshire, England | January 29, 1931 Oxford, England | 1902 | Nominated the only time by J.W.Hales.[53] | |
| Henrik Ibsen | March 20, 1828 Skien, Norway | May 23, 1906 Oslo, Norway | 1902, 1903, 1904 | [54] | |
| Leo Tolstoy[ac] | September 9, 1828 Yasnaya Polyana, Russia | November 20, 1910 Astapovo, Russia | 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[55] | |
| Houston Stewart Chamberlain[ad] | September 9, 1855 Portsmouth, England | January 9, 1927 Bayreuth, Germany | 1902, 1906 | [56] | |
| Lewis Morris[ae] | January 23, 1833 Carmarthen, Wales | November 12, 1907 Penbryn, Wales | 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 | [57] | |
| George Meredith | February 12, 1828 Hampshire, England | May 18, 1909 Surrey, England | 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907 | [58] | |
| Theodor Zahn[af] | October 10, 1838 Moers, Germany | March 5, 1933 Erlangen, Germany | 1902, 1904, 1908 | Nominated by L.N.Dahle only.[59] | |
| Charles Wagner[ag] | January 3, 1852 Alsace, France | May 12, 1918 Alsace, France | 1902, 1903, 1909 | [60] | |
| John Morley[ah] | December 24, 1838 Blackburn, England | September 23, 1923 London, England | 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 | [61] | |
| Juhani Aho[ai] | September 11, 1861 Lapinlahti, Finland | August 8, 1921 Helsinki, Finland | 1902, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 | [62] | |
| Arne Garborg[aj] | January 25, 1851 Jæren, Norway | January 14, 1924 Asker, Norway | 1902, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921 | [63] | |
| 1903 | |||||
| Rudyard Kipling | December 30, 1865 Mumbai, India | January 18, 1936 London, England | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907 | Won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature.[64] | |
| Maurice Maeterlinck | August 29, 1862 Ghent, Belgium | May 6, 1949 Nice, France | 1903, 1904, 1909, 1910, 1911 | Won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature.[65] | |
| François Coppée | January 26, 1842 Paris, France | May 23, 1908 Paris, France | 1903 | Nominated the only time by S.(R.)Prudhomme.[66] | |
| Carl Friedrich Glasenapp[ak] | October 3, 1847 Riga, Latvia | April 14, 1915 Riga, Latvia | 1903 | [67] | |
| Robert Langton Douglas[al] | 1864 Cheshire, England | 1951 Fiesole, Italy | 1903, 1904 | [68] | |
| Albert Sorel[am] | August 13, 1842 Honfleur, France | June 29, 1906 Paris, France | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 | [69] | |
| Iwan Gilkin[an] | January 7, 1858 Brussels, Belgium | September 28, 1924 Brussels, Belgium | 1903, 1909 | [70] | |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne | April 5, 1837 London, England | April 10, 1909 London, England | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 | [71] | |
| Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo | November 3, 1856 Santander, Spain | May 19, 1912 Santander, Spain | 1903, 1905, 1907, 1910 | [72] | |
| Georg Brandes | February 4, 1842 Copenhagen, Denmark | February 19, 1927 Copenhagen, Denmark | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926 | [73] | |
| 1904 | |||||
| Selma Lagerlöf | November 20, 1858 Värmland, Sweden | March 16, 1940 Värmland, Sweden | 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 | Won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature.[74] | |
| Anatole France | April 16, 1844 Paris, France | October 12, 1924 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France | 1904, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1921 | Won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature.[75] | |
| Émilie Lerou[ao] | 1855 France | 1935 France | 1904 | Nominated the only time by J.Ars.Arn.Claretie.[76] " | |
| Demetrios Bernardakis | December 3, 1833 Mitilini, Greece | January 12, 1907 Mitilini, Greece | 1904, 1905 | Nominated by Αθ.Βερναρδάκης only.[77] | |
| Jaroslav Vrchlický (Emil Frida) | February 17, 1853 Louny, Czechia | September 9, 1912 Domazlice, Czechia | 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912 | [78] | |
| William Chapman[ap] | December 13, 1850 Beauceville, Canada | February 23, 1917 Ottawa, Canada | 1904, 1910, 1912, 1917 | [79] | |
| 1905 | |||||
| Eliza Orzeszkowa | June 6, 1841 Mil'kovshchina, Belarus | May 18, 1910 Grodno, Belarus | 1905 | [80] | |
| Godfrey Sweven[aq] | May 5, 1845 Irvine, England | January 18, 1935 Christchurch, New Zealand | 1905 | John Macmillan Brown has only been nominated himself under the pseudonym Godfrey Sweven.[81][82] | |
| 1906 | |||||
| Pedro Pablo Figueroa | December 25, 1857 Copiapó, Chile | January 4, 1909 Santiago, Chile | 1906 | The nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel committee because the nominator Leonardo Eliz (1861-1939) from the Valparaiso Secondary School was found to be ineligible.[83] | |
| Louis Franck | November 28, 1868 Antwerp, Belgium | December 31, 1937 Wijnegem, Belgium | 1906 | Nominated the only time by Ern.Nys[84] | |
| Gaston Boissier | August 15, 1823 Nîmes, France | June 10, 1908 Viroflay, France | 1906 | Nominated the only time by J.J.Hartman[85] | |
| William J. Neidig[ar] | 1870 United States | 1955 United States | 1906 | One of the first three nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature from United States. Nominated the only time by Henry Burrowes Lathrop (1867-1936) from the University of Wisconsin.[86] | |
| Max Haushofer[as] | April 23, 1840 Munich, Germany | 1907 Gries-San Quirino, Italy | 1906 | The nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel committee because the nominator Em.Milan was found to be ineligible.[87] | |
| Max Bewer[at] | January 19, 1861 Düsseldorf, Germany | October 13, 1921 Meißen, Germany | 1906 | [88] | |
| William Booth[au] | April 10, 1829 Nottingham, England | August 20, 1912 London, England | 1906 | The nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel committee because the nominator Otto Classen from Köln-Lindenthal was found to be ineligible.[89] | |
| Joseph Viktor Widmann[av] | February 20, 1842 Brno, Czechia | November 6, 1911 Bern, Switzerland | 1906, 1908 | [90] | |
| George Lansing Raymond[aw] | September 3, 1839 Illinois, United States | July 11, 1929 Washington D.C., United States | 1906, 1907, 1908 | One of the first three nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature from United States.[91] | |
| Borden Parker Bowne | January 14, 1847 Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States | April 1, 1910 Boston, United States | 1906, 1907, 1909 | One of the first three nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature from United States.[92] | |
| Angelo de Gubernatis | April 7, 1840 Turin, Italy | February 26, 1913 Rome, Italy | 1906, 1907, 1909 | [93] | |
| 1907 | |||||
| João Bonança[ax] | ca. 1836 Lagos, Portugal | April 13, 1924 Lisbon, Portugal | 1907 | Nominated the only time by J.T.F.Braga[94] | |
| Holger Drachmann | October 9, 1846 Copenhagen, Denmark | January 14, 1908 Hornbæk, Denmark | 1907 | Nominated the only time by H.Høffding[95] | |
| Ian Maclaren | November 3, 1850 Manningtree, Essex, England[96] | May 6, 1907 Iowa, United States | 1907 | Nominated the only time by Er.G.W.N.Rudin.[97] Died before the only chance to be rewarded. | |
| Andrés Manjón | November 30, 1846 Sargentes de la Lora, Spain | July 10, 1923 Granada, Spain | 1907 | Nominated the only time by Marquis of Valle-Ameno (Angel Sanchez Rubio Ibanez, 1852-1910) from Zaragoza[98] | |
| Eduardo Benot | November 26, 1822 Cádiz, Spain | July 27, 1907 Madrid, Spain | 1907 | Nominated the only time by D.Fr. de Paula Cortázar y Larrubia. Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[99] | |
| Georgios Souris[ay] | February 2, 1853 Ermoupoli, Greece | August 26, 1919 Athens, Greece | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912 | [100] | |
| Àngel Guimerà | May 6, 1835 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | July 18, 1924 Barcelona, Spain | 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 | [101] | |
| Paul Bourget | September 2, 1852 Amiens, France | December 25, 1935 Paris, France | 1907, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1928 | [102] | |
| 1908 | |||||
| Rudolf Christoph Eucken | January 5, 1846 Aurich, Germany | September 15, 1926 Jena, Germany | 1908 | Won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature.[103] | |
| Julio Calcaño[az] | December 4, 1840 Caracas, Venezuela | August 18, 1918 Caracas, Venezuela | 1908 | Nominated the only time by don José M Manrique from Real Academia Española.[104] | |
| Alfred L. Hutchinson[ba] | 1859 Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States | August 1930 Weyauwega, Wisconsin, United States | 1908 | Nominated the only time by Luther Lamphere Wright (1856-1922) - Superintendent of Public Instruction from Lansing, Michigan.[105] | |
| Edmondo De Amicis | October 21, 1846 Imperia, Italy | March 11, 1908 Bordighera, Italy | 1908 | Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[106] | |
| Adolf von Harnack | May 7, 1851 Tartu, Estonia | June 10, 1930 Heidelberg, Germany | 1908, 1916 | [107] | |
| Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche | July 10, 1846 Lützen, Germany | November 8, 1935 Weimar, Germany | 1908, 1916, 1917, 1923 | [108] | |
| 1909 | |||||
| Verner von Heidenstam | July 6, 1859 Olshammar, Sweden | May 20, 1940 Övralid, Sweden | 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916 | Won the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature.[109] | |
| Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé | February 25, 1848 Nice, France | March 29, 1910 Paris, France | 1909 | Nominated the only time by Count Alb.Vandal.[110] | |
| Martin Greif | June 18, 1839 Speyer, Germany | April 1, 1911 Kufstein, Austria | 1909, 1910, 1911 | [111] | |
| Francesco D'Ovidio[bb] | December 5, 1849 Campobasso, Italy | November 24, 1925 Naples, Italy | 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 | Nominated by Ern.Monaci only.[112] | |
| Ernest Lavisse | December 17, 1842 Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, France | August 18, 1922 Paris, France | 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913 | [113] | |
| Salvador Rueda | December 3, 1857 Benaque, Spain | April 1, 1933 Málaga, Spain | 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915 | [114] | |
| Émile Verhaeren | May 21, 1855 Sint-Amands, Belgium | November 27, 1916 Rouen, France | 1909, 1912, 1915, 1916 | [115] | |
1910–1919
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | |||||
| Paul Heyse | March 13, 1830 Berlin, Germany | April 2, 1914 Munich, Germany | 1910 | Won the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature.[116] | |
| Gustav Warneck | March 6, 1834 Naumburg, Germany | December 26, 1910 Halle (Saale), Germany | 1910 | [117] | |
| Wilhelm Hermann Heinrich Benignus | February 17, 1861 Heilbronn, Germany | June 5, 1930 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 1910 | Nominated the only time by Marion Dexter Learned (1857-1917) from the University of Pennsylvania.[118] | |
| Alfred Fouillée | October 18, 1838 Erdre-en-Anjou, France | June 16, 1912 Lyon, France | 1910 | Nominated the only time by C.D.af Wirsén.[119] | |
| Édouard Rod | March 31, 1857 Nyon, Switzerland | January 29, 1910 Grasse, France | 1910 | Nominated the only time by Edm.Rossier.[120] Died before the only chance to be rewarded. | |
| William Dean Howells | March 1, 1837 Ohio, United States | May 11, 1920 New York, United States | 1910 | Nominated the only time by J.Br.Matthews.[121] | |
| Robert Bridges | October 23, 1844 Walmer, England | April 21, 1930 Boars Hill, England | 1910 | Nominated the only time by Ch.V.Stanford.[122] | |
| Andrew Lang | March 31, 1844 Selkirk, Scotland | July 20, 1912 Banchory, Scotland | 1910 | Nominated the only time by Ed.Nesbit (Bland).[123] | |
| Molly Elliot Seawell | October 23, 1860 Virginia, United States | November 15, 1916 Washington, D.C., United States | 1910, 1911 | Nominated by Ch.W.Kent only.[124] | |
| Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach | September 13, 1830 Troubky-Zdislavice, Czechia | March 12, 1916 Vienna, Austria | 1910, 1911 | Nominated by Em.Reich only.[125] | |
| Pierre Loti | January 14, 1850 Rochefort, France | June 10, 1923 Hendaye, France | 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 | [126] | |
| Thomas Hardy | June 2, 1840 Stinsford, England | January 11, 1928 Dorchester, England | 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 | [127] | |
| 1911 | |||||
| Karl Adolph Gjellerup | June 2, 1857 Roholte, Denmark | October 13, 1919 Dresden, Germany | 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 | Won the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature (shared with Henrik Pontoppidan).[128] | |
| George Bernard Shaw | July 26, 1856 Dublin, Ireland | November 2, 1950 Ayot St Lawrence, England | 1911, 1912, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926 | Won the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926.[129] | |
| Albert de Mun | February 28, 1841 Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, France | October 6, 1914 Bordeaux, France | 1911 | Nominated the only time by R.Fr.N.M.Bazin.[130] | |
| Gustaf Fröding | August 22, 1860 Alster, Swedeen | February 8, 1911 Stockholm, Sweden | 1911 | Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[131] | |
| Rafael Altamira y Crevea | February 10, 1866 Alicante, Spain | June 1, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico | 1911, 1912 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[132] | |
| Harald Høffding | March 11, 1843 Copenhagen, Denmark | July 2, 1931 Copenhagen, Denmark | 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916 | [133] | |
| Henry James | April 15, 1843 New York, United States | February 28, 1916 London, England | 1911, 1912, 1916 | [134] | |
| Peter Rosegger | July 31, 1843 Krieglach, Austria | June 26, 1918 Krieglach, Austria | 1911, 1913, 1918 | [135] | |
| Ernst von der Recke | August 14, 1848 Copenhagen, Denmark | December 2, 1933 Zealand, Denmark | 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1930 | [136] | |
| Karl Schönherr | February 24, 1867 Axams, Austria | March 15, 1943 Vienna, Austria | 1911, 1912, 1933, 1938 | [137] | |
| August Strindberg | January 22, 1849 Stockholm, Sweden | May 14, 1912 Stockholm, Sweden | 1911 | Nominated the only time by N.Söderblom. The nomination was retrieved for having arrived too late.[138] | |
| 1912 | |||||
| Carl Spitteler | April 24, 1845 Liestal, Switzerland | December 29, 1924 Lucerne, Switzerland | 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 | Won the 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.[139] | |
| Henri Bergson | October 18, 1859 Paris, France | January 4, 1941 Paris, France | 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1927, 1928 | Won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.[140] | |
| Pencho Slaveykov | April 27, 1866 Tryavna, Bulgaria | June 10, 1912 Brunate, Italy | 1912 | Nominated the only time by Alfr.Jensen.[141] Died before the only chance to be rewarded. | |
| Sven Hedin | February 19, 1865 Stockholm, Sweden | November 26, 1952 Stockholm, Sweden | 1912, 1913 | Nominated by Fr.Am.Wulff only.[142] | |
| Jean-Henri Fabre | December 21, 1823 Aveyron, France | October 11, 1915 Sérignan-du-Comtat, France | 1912, 1914 | [143] | |
| Salvatore Farina | January 10, 1846 Sorso, Italy | December 15, 1918 Milan, Italy | 1912, 1913, 1914 | Nominated by members of the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere only.[144] | |
| Benito Pérez Galdós | May 10, 1843 Las Palmas, Spain | January 4, 1920 Madrid, Spain | 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 | [145] | |
| Adolf Frey | February 18, 1855 Küttigen, Switzerland | February 12, 1920 Zürich, Switzerland | 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920 | Nominated by W.Oechsli only.[146] | |
| Hans E. Kinck | October 11, 1865 Øksfjord, Norway | October 13, 1926 Oslo, Norway | 1912, 1919, 1920, 1926 | [147] | |
| James George Frazer | January 1, 1854 Glasgow, Scotland | May 7, 1941 Cambridge, England | 1912, 1926, 1928, 1935 | [148] | |
| 1913 | |||||
| Rabindranath Tagore | May 7, 1861 Kolkata, India | August 7, 1941 Kolkata, India | 1913 | Won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.[149] | |
| Henrik Pontoppidan | July 24, 1857 Fredericia, Denmark | August 21, 1943 Charlottenlund, Denmark | 1913, 1916, 1917 | Won the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature (shared with Karl Gjellerup).[150] | |
| Grazia Deledda | September 28, 1871 Nuoro, Italy | August 15, 1936 Rome, Italy | 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 | Won the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927.[151] | |
| Edward Dowden | May 3, 1843 Cork, Ireland | April 4, 1913 Dublin, Ireland | 1913 | Nominated the only time by J.Lindsay.[152] Died before the only chance to be rewarded. | |
| John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury | April 30, 1834 London, England | May 28, 1913 Broadstairs, England | 1913 | Nominated the only time by H.Ol.H.Hildebrand.[153] Died before the only chance to be rewarded. | |
| Francis Сhanning Miles Welles | April 21, 1887 Richmond, London, England | Aug 29, 1956 Cheltenham General Hospital, England | 1913 | Nominated the only time by C.Read.[154] | |
| Émile Faguet | December 17, 1847 La Roche-sur-Yon, France | June 7, 1916 Paris, France | 1913, 1914 | [155] | |
| Jakob Knudsen | September 14, 1858 Rødding, Denmark | January 21, 1917 Birkerød, Denmark | 1913, 1916 | [156] | |
| Edmond Picard | December 15, 1836 Brussels, Belgium | February 19, 1924 Namur, Belgium | 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917 | [157] | |
| 1914 | |||||
| Antonio Serra y Morant | December 17, 1866 Alicante, Spain | August 7, 1939 Madrid, Spain | 1914 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[158] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Josef Svatopluk Machar | February 29, 1864 Kolin, Czechia | March 17, 1942 Prague, Czechia | 1914, 1915 | Nobel Prizes in Literature have not been awarded these years.[159] | |
| René François Nicolas Marie Bazin | December 26, 1853 Angers, France | July 20, 1932 Paris, France | 1914, 1915 | Nobel Prizes in Literature have not been awarded these years.[160] | |
| Dora Melegari | June 27, 1849 Lausanne, Switzerland | July 31, 1924 Rome, Italy | 1914, 1923 | [161] | |
| Willem Kloos | May 6, 1859 Amsterdam, Netherlands | March 3, 1938 The Hague, Netherlands | 1914, 1915, 1925, 1926, 1928 | [162] | |
| Dmitry Merezhkovsky | August 2, 1865 Saint Petersburg, Russia | December 9, 1941 Paris, France | 1914, 1915, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 | [163] | |
| Vilhelm Grønbech | June 14, 1873 Allinge, Denmark | April 21, 1948 Helsingør, Denmark | 1914, 1915, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944 | [164] | |
| 1915 | |||||
| Romain Rolland | January 29, 1866 Clamecy, France | December 30, 1944 Vézelay, France | 1915, 1916 | Won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Literature. (awarded the following year)[165] | |
| Charles Montagu Doughty | August 19, 1843 Saxmundham, England | January 20, 1926 Sissinghurst, England | 1915 | Nominated the only time by Th.H.Warren.[166] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Ferdinand Avenarius | December 20, 1856 Berlin, Germany | September 22, 1923 Kampen, Germany | 1915, 1921 | [167] | |
| 1916 | |||||
| Erik Axel Karlfeldt | July 20, 1864 Avesta, Sweden | April 8, 1931 Stockholm, Sweden | 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1929, 1931 | Posthumously won the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature.[168] | |
| Rabindranath Datta | October 1, 1883 Kolkata, India | July 6, 1917 Kolkata, India | 1916 | [169] | |
| Ivan Franko | August 27, 1856 Lviv, Ukraine | May 28, 1916 Lviv, Ukraine | 1916 | Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[170] | |
| Gunnar Heiberg | November 18, 1857 Oslo, Norway | February 22, 1929 Oslo, Norway | 1916 | Nominated the only time by J.Thiis.[171] | |
| Troels Troels-Lund | September 5, 1840 Copenhagen, Denmark | February 12, 1921 Copenhagen, Denmark | 1916 | Nominated the only time by L.Fr.Al.Läffler.[172] | |
| The Pāli Text Society | founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids | 1916 | Nominated the only time by Th.W.Rh.Davids.[173] The only literary society nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. | ||
| Per Hallström | September 29, 1866 Stockholm, Sweden | February 18, 1960 Nacka, Sweden | 1916, 1919 | [174] | |
| Otokar Březina | September 13, 1868 Počátky, Czechia | March 25, 1929 Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Czechia | 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928, 1929 | [175] | |
| Henrik Schück | November 2, 1855 Stockholm, Sweden | October 3, 1947 Uppsala, Sweden | 1916, 1929 | [176] | |
| 1917 | |||||
| Ivan Vazov | July 9, 1850 Sopot, Bulgaria | September 22, 1921 Sofia, Bulgaria | 1917 | Nominated the only time by Iv.D.Shishmanov.[177] | |
| Otto Ernst Schmidt ("Otto Ernst") | October 7, 1862 Hamburg, Germany | March 5, 1926 Hamburg, Germany | 1917 | Nominated the only time by P.Aug.Ler.Hallström.[178] | |
| Jeppe Aakjær | September 10, 1866 Aakjaer, Denmark | April 22, 1930 Roslev, Denmark | 1917 | [179] | |
| Johan Bojer | March 6, 1872 Orkdal, Norway | July 3, 1959 Oslo, Norway | 1917, 1925, 1929, 1932 | [180] | |
| Olaf Bull | November 10, 1883 Oslo, Norway | June 29, 1933 Oslo, Norway | 1917, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932 | [181] | |
| Bertel Gripenberg | September 19, 1878 Saint Petersburg, Russia | May 6, 1947 Sävsjö, Sweden | 1917, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937 | [182] | |
| 1918 | |||||
| Knut Hamsun | August 4, 1859 Lom, Norway | February 19, 1952 Grimstad, Norway | 1918, 1920 | Won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature.[183] | |
| Gustav Frenssen | October 19, 1863 Barlt, Germany | April 11, 1945 Barlt, Germany | 1918 | Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year.[184] | |
| Alois Jirásek | August 23, 1851 Hronov, Czechia | March 12, 1930 Prague, Czechia | 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1930 | [185] | |
| Maxim Gorky | March 28, 1868 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | June 18, 1936 Moscow Oblast, Russia | 1918, 1923, 1928, 1933 | [186] | |
| Gunnar Gunnarsson | May 18, 1889 Fljótsdalur, Iceland | November 21, 1975 Reykjavík, Iceland | 1918, 1921, 1922, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1969 | [187] | |
| 1919 | |||||
| Władysław Reymont | May 7, 1867 Kobiele Wielkie, Poland | December 5, 1925 Warsaw, Poland | 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924 | Won the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature.[188] | |
| John Galsworthy | August 14, 1867 Kingston upon Thames, England | January 31, 1933 London, England | 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1931, 1932 | Won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature.[189] | |
| Ebenezer Howard | January 29, 1850 London, England | May 1, 1928 Welwyn Garden City, England | 1919, 1920 | Nominated the only time by Chr.Chr.Dr.Collin.[190] | |
| Hugo von Hofmannsthal | February 1, 1874 Vienna, Austria | July 15, 1929 Vienna, Austria | 1919, 1924, 1926, 1927 | [191] | |
| Arno Holz | April 26, 1863 Ketrzyn, Poland | October 26, 1929 Berlin, Germany | 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 | [192] | |
1920–1929
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | |||||
| Wilbur Cortez Abbott | December 28, 1869 Indiana, United States | February 3, 1947 Massachusetts, United States | 1920 | [193] | |
| 1921 | |||||
| Jacinto Benavente | August 12, 1866 Madrid, Spain | July 14, 1954 Madrid, Spain | 1921, 1922 | Won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature.[194] | |
| Jean Revel | September 22, 1848 Conteville, France | May 4, 1925 Conteville, France | 1921 | [195] | |
| Émile Boutroux | July 28, 1845 Montrouge, France | November 22, 1921 Paris, France | 1921 | [196] | |
| Stefan Żeromski | October 14, 1864 Strawczyn, Poland | November 20, 1925 Warsaw, Poland | 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 | [197] | |
| H. G. Wells | September 21, 1866 London, England | August 31, 1946 London, England | 1921, 1932, 1935, 1946 | [198] | |
| 1922 | |||||
| Sigrid Undset | May 20, 1882 Kalundborg, Denmark | June 10, 1949 Lillehammer, Norway | 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928 | Won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.[199] | |
| Darrell Figgis | September 17, 1882 Dublin, Ireland | October 27, 1925 London, England | 1922 | [200] | |
| Georg von Below | January 19, 1858 Gusev, Russia | October 20, 1927 Badenweiler, Germany | 1922 | [201] | |
| Israel Zangwill | January 21, 1864 London, England | August 1, 1926 Midhurst, England | 1922 | [202] | |
| Michael Sadleir | December 25, 1888 Oxford, England | December 13, 1957 London, England | 1922 | [203] | |
| Matilde Serao | March 7, 1856 Patras, Greece | July 25, 1927 Naples, Italy | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 | [204] | |
| Roberto Bracco | November 10, 1861 Naples, Italy | April 20, 1943 Sorrento, Italy | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 | [205] | |
| Ludwig von Pastor | January 31, 1854 Aachen, Germany | September 30, 1928 Innsbruck, Austria | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929 | [206] | |
| William Inge | June 6, 1860 Crayke, England | February 26, 1954 Wallingford, England | 1922, 1923, 1929 | [207] | |
| Paul Ernst | March 7, 1866 Elbingerode, Germany | May 13, 1933 Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing, Austria | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 | [208] | |
| 1923 | |||||
| Ivan Bunin | October 22, 1870 Voronezh, Russia | November 8, 1953 Paris, France | 1923, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 | Won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature.[209] | |
| Konstantin Balmont | June 15, 1867 Shuya, Russia | December 23, 1942 Paris, France | 1923 | [210] | |
| Einar H. Kvaran | December 6, 1859 Vallanes, Iceland | May 21, 1938 Reykjavík, Iceland | 1923, 1924 | [211] | |
| Hermann Türck[212] | March 13, 1856 Georgenburg, now Russia | April 30, 1933 Weimar, Germany | 1923, 1924 | [213] | |
| Guglielmo Ferrero | July 21, 1871 Portici, Italy | August 3, 1942 Chardonne, Switzerland | 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1933 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[214] | |
| 1924 | |||||
| Thomas Mann | June 6, 1875 Lübeck, Germany | August 21, 1955 Zürich, Switzerland | 1924, 1928, 1929, 1948 | Won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature.[215] | |
| Max Neuburger | December 8, 1868 Vienna, Austria | March 15, 1955 Vienna, Austria | 1924 | [216] | |
| Olav Duun | November 21, 1876 Namsos, Norway | September 13, 1939 Holmestrand, Norway | 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 | [217] | |
| 1925 | |||||
| Johannes V. Jensen | January 20, 1873 Farsø, Denmark | November 25, 1950 Østerbro, Denmark | 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 | Won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature.[218] | |
| Paul Elmer More | December 12, 1864 Missouri, United States | March 9, 1937 New Jersey, United States | 1925 | Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year.[219] | |
| Giovanni Schembari | ? Italy | ? Italy | 1925 | Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year.[220] | |
| Paul Raynal | July 25, 1885 Narbonne, France | August 18, 1971 Paris, France | 1925, 1926 | [221] | |
| Ferenc Herczeg | September 22, 1863 Vršac, Serbia | February 24, 1954 Budapest, Hungary | 1925, 1926, 1927 | [222] | |
| Rudolf Maria Holzapfel | April 26, 1874 Kraków, Poland | February 8, 1930 Muri bei Bern, Switzerland | 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 | [223] | |
| 1926 | |||||
| Arnold Bennett | May 27, 1867 Stoke-on-Trent, England | March 27, 1931 London, England | 1926 | [224] | |
| Pyotr Krasnov | September 22, 1869 Saint Petersburg, Russia | January 16, 1947 Moscow, Russia | 1926 | [225] | |
| Avetis Aharonian | January 9, 1866 Iğdır, Turkey | March 20, 1948 Paris, France | 1926 | [226] | |
| Sofía Casanova | September 30, 1861 A Coruña, Spain | January 16, 1958 Poznań, Poland | 1926 | [227] | |
| Vicente Huidobro | January 10, 1893 Santiago, Chile | January 2, 1948 Cartagena, Chile | 1926 | [228] | |
| Edvard Westermarck | November 20, 1862 Helsinki, Finland | September 3, 1939 Tenala, Finland | 1926, 1927 | [229] | |
| Ada Negri | February 3, 1870 Lodi, Italy | January 11, 1945 Milan, Italy | 1926, 1927 | [230] | |
| Juan Zorrilla de San Martín | December 28, 1855 Montevideo, Uruguay | November 3, 1931 Montevideo, Uruguay | 1926, 1928 | [231] | |
| Karl Kraus | April 28, 1874 Jicin, Czechia | June 12, 1936 Vienna, Austria | 1926, 1928, 1930 | [232] | |
| Georg Bonne | August 12, 1859 Hamburg, Germany | May 1, 1945 Hamburg, Germany | 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[233] | |
| J.-H. Rosny aîné | February 17, 1856 Brussels, Belgium | February 11, 1940 Paris, France | 1926, 1928, 1933 | [234] | |
| Josip Kosor | January 27, 1879 Drniš, Croatia | January 23, 1961 Dubrovnik, Croatia | 1926, 1927, 1939 | [235] | |
| Kostis Palamas | January 13, 1859 Patras, Greece | February 27, 1943 Athens, Greece | 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940 | [236] | |
| Johannes Jørgensen | November 6, 1866 Svendborg, Denmark | May 29, 1956 Svendborg, Denmark | 1926, 1932, 1942, 1950 | [237] | |
| Concha Espina | April 15, 1869 Santander, Spain | May 19, 1955 Madrid, Spain | 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1952, 1954 | [238] | |
| Paul Claudel | August 6, 1868 Villeneuve-sur-Fère, France | February 23, 1955 Paris, France | 1926, 1937, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1955 | [239] | |
| 1927 | |||||
| Cesare Pascarella | April 28, 1858 Rome, Italy | May 8, 1940 Rome, Italy | 1927 | [240] | |
| Eduard Meyer | January 25, 1855 Hamburg, Germany | August 31, 1930 Berlin, Germany | 1927 | [241] | |
| Samuel Parsons Scott | July 8, 1846 Ohio, United States | May 30, 1929 Ohio, United States | 1927 | [242] | |
| Edith Wharton | January 24, 1862 New York, United States | August 11, 1937 Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France | 1927, 1928, 1930 | [243] | |
| Édouard Estaunié | February 4, 1862 Dijon, France | April 2, 1942 Paris, France | 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 | [244] | |
| Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer | December 30, 1878 Budapest, Hungary | April 12, 1962 Munich, Germany | 1927, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 | [245] | |
| 1928 | |||||
| Armando Palacio Valdés | October 4, 1853 Entrialgo, Spain | January 29, 1938 Madrid, Spain | 1928 | [246] | |
| Blanca de los Ríos | August 15, 1859 Seville, Spain | April 13, 1956 Madrid, Spain | 1928 | [247] | |
| Edith Howes | August 29, 1872 London, England | July 9, 1954 Dunedin, New Zealand | 1928 | [248] | |
| Theodor Däubler | August 17, 1876 Trieste, Italy | June 14, 1934 Sankt Blasien, Germany | 1928 | [249] | |
| Frederik van Eeden | April 3, 1860 Haarlem, Netherlands | June 16, 1932 Bussum, Netherlands | 1928 | [250] | |
| Alf Larsen | July 22, 1885 Tjøme, Norway | December 12, 1967 Tjøme, Norway | 1928 | [251] | |
| Anna de Noailles | November 15, 1876 Paris, France | April 30, 1933 Paris, France | 1928 | [252] | |
| Ivan Grozev | June 23, 1872 Sofia, Bulgaria | January 10, 1957 London, England | 1928, 1929 | [253] | |
| Hans Driesch | October 28, 1867 Bad Kreuznach, Germany | April 17, 1941 Leipzig, Germany | 1928, 1930, 1932 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[254] | |
| Rudolf Hans Bartsch | February 11, 1873 Graz, Austria | February 7, 1952 Graz, Austria | 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933 | [255] | |
| Rufino Blanco Fombona | June 17, 1874 Caracas, Venezuela | October 16, 1944 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1935 | [256] | |
| Felix Timmermans | July 5, 1886 Lier, Belgium | January 24, 1947 Lier, Belgium | 1928, 1940, 1941 | [257] | |
| Ricarda Huch | July 18, 1864 Braunschweig, Germany | November 17, 1947 Kronberg, Germany | 1928, 1935, 1937, 1946 | [258] | |
| 1929 | |||||
| Cale Young Rice | December 11, 1872 Kentucky, United States | January 24, 1943 Kentucky, United States | 1929 | [259] | |
| Knud Rasmussen | June 7, 1879 Ilulissat, Greenland | December 21, 1933 Copenhagen, Denmark | 1929 | [260] | |
| Stefan George | July 12, 1868 Büdesheim, Germany | December 4, 1933 Minusio, Switzerland | 1929, 1931 | [261] | |
| Edwin Arlington Robinson | December 22, 1869 Maine, United States | April 6, 1935 New York, United States | 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934 | [262] | |
| Benedetto Croce | February 25, 1866 Pescasseroli, Italy | November 20, 1952 Naples, Italy | 1929, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952 | [263] | |
| Thornton Wilder | April 17, 1897 Wisconsin, United States | December 7, 1975 Connecticut, United States | 1929, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 | [264] | |
1930–1939
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | |||||
| Sinclair Lewis | February 7, 1885 Minnesota, United States | January 10, 1951 Rome, Italy | 1930 | Won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature.[265] | |
| Frans Eemil Sillanpää | September 16, 1888 Hämeenkyrö, Finland | June 3, 1964 Helsinki, Finland | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 | Won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature.[266] | |
| Theodore Dreiser | August 27, 1871 Indiana, United States | December 28, 1945 California, United States | 1930 | [267] | |
| Clotilde Crespo de Arvelo | September 19, 1887 Los Teques, Venezuela | (?) 1959 Caracas, Venezuela | 1930 | [268] | |
| Manfred Kyber | March 1, 1880 Riga, Latvia | March 10, 1933 Löwenstein, Germany | 1930 | [269] | |
| Arvid Järnefelt | November 16, 1861 Saint Petersburg, Russia | December 27, 1932 Helsinki, Finland | 1930 | [270] | |
| Yrjö Hirn | December 7, 1870 Lappeenranta, Finland | February 23, 1952 Helsinki, Finland | 1930 | [271] | |
| Edgar Lee Masters | August 23, 1868 Kansas, United States | March 5, 1950 Pennsylvania, United States | 1930 | [272] | |
| Nathanael Jünger | October 23, 1871 Hamburg, Germany | September 29, 1941 Potsdam, Germany | 1930, 1931 | [273] | |
| Anton Wildgans | April 17, 1881 Vienna, Austria | May 3, 1932 Mödling, Austria | 1930, 1931, 1932 | [274] | |
| Paul Valéry | October 30, 1871 Sète, France | July 20, 1945 Paris, France | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945 | [275] | |
| Lion Feuchtwanger | July 7, 1884 Munich, Germany | December 21, 1958 California, United States | 1930, 1955, 1956, 1957 | [276] | |
| Rudolf Kassner | September 11, 1873 Velké Pavlovice, Czechia | April 1, 1959 Sierre, Switzerland | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959 | [277][278] | |
| 1931 | |||||
| Hermann Hesse | July 2, 1877 Calw, Germany | August 9, 1962 Collina d’Oro, Switzerland | 1931, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946 | Won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.[279] | |
| Laura Mestre Hevia | April 6, 1867 Havana, Cuba | January 11, 1944 Havana, Cuba | 1931 | [280] | |
| Francis Jammes | December 2, 1868 Tournay, France | November 1, 1938 Hasparren, France | 1931 | [281] | |
| Ole Edvart Rølvaag | April 22, 1876 Dønna, Norway | November 5, 1931 Minnesota, United States | 1931 | Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[282] | |
| Erich Maria Remarque | June 22, 1898 Osnabrück, Germany | September 25, 1970 Locarno, Switzerland | 1931 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[283] | |
| Ivan Shmelyov | October 3, 1873 Moscow, Russia | June 24, 1950 Paris, France | 1931, 1932 | [284] | |
| Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić | April 18, 1874 Ogulin, Croatia | September 21, 1938 Zagreb, Croatia | 1931, 1935, 1937, 1938 | [285] | |
| Ramón Pérez de Ayala | August 9, 1880 Oviedo, Spain | August 5, 1962 Madrid, Spain | 1931, 1934, 1947 | [286] | |
| Martin Andersen Nexø | June 26, 1869 Christianshavn, Denmark | June 1, 1954 Dresden, Germany | 1931, 1950 | [287] | |
| Ramón Menéndez Pidal | March 13, 1869 A Coruña, Spain | November 14, 1968 Madrid, Spain | 1931, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 | Menéndez Pidal earns the highest record as the most nominated person for the Nobel Prize in Literature but never won the prize. He was nominated 151 times.[288] | |
| 1932 | |||||
| Francesco Orestano | April 14, 1873 Alia, Italy | August 20, 1945 Rome, Italy | 1932 | [289] | |
| Axel Munthe | October 31, 1857 Oskarshamn, Sweden | February 11, 1949 Stockholm, Sweden | 1932 | [290] | |
| Percival Elgood | July 3, 1863 Marlborough, England | December 20, 1941 Cairo, Egypt | 1932 | [291] | |
| Grigol Robakidze | October 28, 1880 Imereti, Georgia | November 19, 1962 Geneva, Switzerland | 1932 | [292] | |
| Michael Blümelhuber | September 23, 1865 Christkindl, Austria | January 29, 1936 Steyr, Austria | 1932, 1933, 1934 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[293] | |
| Karel Čapek | January 9, 1890 Malé Svatoňovice, Czechia | December 25, 1938 Prague, Czechia | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 | [294] | |
| Vilhelm Ekelund | October 14, 1880 Scania, Sweden | September 3, 1949 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden | 1932, 1941 | [295] | |
| Manuel Gálvez | May 6, 1882 Parana, Argentina | November 14, 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1951, 1952 | [296] | |
| Upton Sinclair | September 20, 1878 Maryland, United States | November 25, 1968 New Jersey, United States | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1965 | [297] | |
| 1933 | |||||
| Henrique Coelho Neto | February 21, 1864 Maranhão, Brazil | November 28, 1934 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1933 | [298] | |
| Max Beerbohm | August 24, 1872 London, England | May 20, 1956 Rapallo, Italy | 1933 | [299] | |
| Joseph Bédier | January 28, 1864 Paris, France | August 29, 1938 Le Grand-Serre, France | 1933, 1934 | [300] | |
| Ernest Roguin | May 27, 1851 Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland | May 5, 1939 Lausanne, Switzerland | 1933, 1934 | [301] | |
| Hayim Nahman Bialik | January 9, 1873 Volhynia, Russia | July 4, 1934 Vienna, Austria | 1933, 1934 | [302] | |
| Hermann Stehr | February 16, 1864 Bystrzyca Klodzka, Poland | September 11, 1940 Szklarska Poręba, Poland | 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 | [303] | |
| António Correia de Oliveira | July 30, 1878 São Pedro do Sul, Portugal | February 20, 1960 Esposende, Portugal | 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942 | [304] | |
| Carlos María Ocantos | August 24, 1860 Buenos Aires, Argentina | March 29, 1949 Madrid, Spain | 1933, 1943 | [305] | |
| José Ortega y Gasset | May 9, 1883 Madrid, Spain | October 18, 1955 Madrid, Spain | 1933, 1951 | [306] | |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | September 5, 1888 Thiruttani, India | April 17, 1975 Chennai, India | 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 | Second President of India (1962 – 1967). Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[307] | |
| 1934 | |||||
| Luigi Pirandello | June 28, 1867 Agrigento, Italy | December 10, 1936 Rome, Italy | 1934 | Won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.[308] | |
| Eugene O’Neill | October 16, 1888 New York, United States | November 27, 1953 Massachusetts, United States | 1934, 1935, 1936 | Won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1937.[309] | |
| Roger Martin du Gard | March 23, 1881 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | August 22, 1958 Belforêt-en-Perche, France | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 | Won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.[310] | |
| Francisco García Calderón Rey | April 8, 1883 Valparaíso, Chile | July 1, 1953 Lima, Peru | 1934 | [311] | |
| Ventura García Calderón | February 23, 1886 Paris, France | October 27, 1959 Paris, France | 1934 | [312] | |
| Ole Hallesby | August 5, 1879 Aremark, Norway | November 22, 1961 Oslo, Norway | 1934 | [313] | |
| Ewald Magnus Engebrethsen Sundberg | October 8, 1886 Kristiansand, Norway | April 1967 Norway | 1934 | [314] | |
| Hans Henrik Holm | January 18, 1896 Oslo, Norway | September 27, 1980 Oslo, Norway | 1934 | [315] | |
| Franz Karl Ginzkey | September 8, 1871 Pula, Croatia | April 11, 1963 Vienna, Austria | 1934, 1935 | [316] | |
| Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński | September 14, 1859 Kiev, Ukraine | May 8, 1944 Schondorf, Germany | 1934, 1935 | [317] | |
| Jarl Hemmer | September 18, 1893 Vaasa, Finland | December 6, 1944 Porvoo, Finland | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 | [318] | |
| Maria Madalena Valdez Trigueiros de Martel Patrício | April 19, 1884 Lisbon, Portugal | November 3, 1947 Lisbon, Portugal | 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 | [319] | |
| Jean Schlumberger | May 26, 1877 Guebwiller, France | October 25, 1968 Paris, France | 1934, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1964 | [320] | |
| 1935 | |||||
| James Cousins | July 22, 1873 Belfast, Northern Ireland | February 20, 1956 Madanapalle, India | 1935 | [321]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Sven Erik Lönborg | March 16, 1871 Motala, Sweden | April 11, 1959 Uppsala, Sweden | 1935 | [322]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Émile Mâle | June 2, 1862 Commentry, France | October 6, 1954 Fontaine-Chaalis, France | 1935 | [323]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Guðmundur Kamban | June 8, 1888 Reykjavík, Iceland | May 5, 1945 Copenhagen, Denmark | 1935 | [324]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Violet Clifton | November 2, 1883 Rome, Italy | November 20, 1961 Lytham St Annes, England | 1935 | [325]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Elise Richter | March 2, 1865 Vienna, Austria | June 23, 1943 Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czechia | 1935 | Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year.[326] | |
| Gilbert Keith Chesterton | May 29, 1874 Kensington, England | June 14, 1936 Beaconsfield, England | 1935 | [327]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Dezső Szabó | June 10, 1879 Cluj-Napoca, Romania | January 13, 1945 Budapest, Hungary | 1935 | [328]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Víctor Manuel Rendón | December 5, 1859 Guayaquil, Ecuador | October 9, 1940 Guayaquil, Ecuador | 1935 | [329]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Edvarts Virza | December 27, 1883 Ozolnieki, Latvia | March 1, 1940 Riga, Latvia | 1935, 1936 | [330]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded these years. | |
| Miguel de Unamuno | September 29, 1864 Bilbao, Spain | December 31, 1936 Salamanca, Spain | 1935, 1936 | [331]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded these years. | |
| Shaul Tchernichovsky | August 20, 1875 Kiev, Ukraine | October 14, 1943 Jerusalem, Israel | 1935, 1937 | [332] | |
| John Masefield | June 1, 1878 Ledbury, England | May 12, 1967 Abingdon, England | 1935, 1937 | [333] | |
| Jules Romains | August 26, 1885 Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, France | August 14, 1972 Paris, France | 1935, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1963, 1966 | [334] | |
| 1936 | |||||
| Asis Domet | June 25, 1890 Cairo, Egypt | June 27, 1943 Berlin, Germany | 1936 | [335]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Hari Mohan Banerjee | ? India | ? India | 1936 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[336] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti | January 10, 1871 Vienna, Austria | April 8, 1955 Linz, Austria | 1936 | [337]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Ludwig Klages | December 10, 1872 Hanover, Germany | July 29, 1956 Kilchberg, Switzerland | 1936 | [338]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Sigmund Freud | May 6, 1856 Příbor, Czechia | September 23, 1939 London, England | 1936 | Nominated for Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine too.[339] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Alfred Edward Evershed | April 22, 1870 Littlehampton, England | May 31, 1941 Tasmania, Australia | 1936 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[340] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Cécile Tormay | October 8, 1875 Budapest, Hungary | April 2, 1937 Gyöngyös, Hungary | 1936, 1937 | [341] | |
| Hans Fallada | July 21, 1893 Greifswald, Germany | February 5, 1947 Berlin, Germany | 1936, 1939 | [342] | |
| Arvid Mörne | May 6, 1876 Kuopio, Finland | June 15, 1946 Kauniainen, Finland | 1936, 1945, 1946 | [343] | |
| Georges Duhamel | June 30, 1884 Paris, France | April 13, 1966 Valmondois, France | 1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961 | [344] | |
| 1937 | |||||
| Maurice Magre | March 2, 1877 Toulouse, France | December 11, 1941 Nice, France | 1937 | [345] | |
| Jules Payot | April 10, 1859 Chamonix, France | January 30, 1940 Aix-en-Provence, France | 1937 | [346] | |
| Arnold Schering | April 2, 1877 Wrocław, Poland | March 7, 1941 Berlin, Germany | 1937 | [347] | |
| Maria Jotuni | April 9, 1880 Kuopio, Finland | September 30, 1943 Helsinki, Finland | 1937 | [348] | |
| Albert Verwey | May 15, 1865 Amsterdam, Netherlands | March 8, 1937 Noordwijk, Netherlands | 1937 | Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[349] | |
| William Burchell/Bashyr Pickard | July 31, 1889 London, England | January 25, 1973 Hertford, England | 1937 | [350] | |
| Valdemar Rørdam | September 23, 1872 Fakse, Denmark | July 13, 1946 Holbæk, Denmark | 1937, 1938 | [351] | |
| Sally Salminen | April 25, 1906 Vårdö, Åland, Finland | July 18, 1976 Copenhagen, Denmark | 1937, 1938, 1939 | [352] | |
| Bensadhar Majumdar | ? India | ? India | 1937, 1939 | [353] | |
| Maila Talvio | October 17, 1871 Hartola, Finland | January 6, 1951 Helsinki, Finland | 1937, 1939, 1947 | [354] | |
| René Béhaine | June 17, 1880 Vervins, France | January 2, 1966 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France | 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944 1948, 1965 | [355] | |
| Johan Falkberget | September 30, 1879 Røros, Norway | April 5, 1967 Røros, Norway | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965 | [356] | |
| Stijn Streuvels | October 3, 1871 Kortrijk, Belgium | August 15, 1969 Anzegem, Belgium | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1969 | [357] | |
| Jean Giono | March 30, 1895 Manosque, France | October 9, 1970 Manosque, France | 1937, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 | [358] | |
| 1938 | |||||
| Pearl Buck | June 26, 1892 West Virginia, United States | March 6, 1973 Vermont, United States | 1938 | Won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature.[359] | |
| Arthur van Schendel | March 5, 1874 Jakarta, Indonesia | September 11, 1946 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1938 | [360] | |
| Margaret Mitchell | November 8, 1900 Georgia, United States | August 16, 1949 Georgia, United States | 1938 | [361] | |
| Veikko Antero Koskenniemi | July 8, 1885 Oulu, Finland | August 4, 1962 Turku, Finland | 1938 | [362] | |
| Robert Ritchie Racey | May 3, 1873 Canada | September 15, 1956 Paris, Ontario, Canada | 1938 | [363] | |
| Mohammad Khan (prob. Mohammad Habib (1895–1971)) | ? India | ? India | 1938 | [364] | |
| Sanjib Chaudhuri | ? India | ? India | 1938, 1939 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[365] | |
| Henriette Charasson | February 13, 1884 Le Havre, France | May 29, 1972 Toulouse, France | 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1957 | [366] | |
| Mark Aldanov | November 7, 1886 Kiev, Ukraine | February 24, 1957 Nice, France | 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 | [367] | |
| Herman Teirlinck | February 24, 1879 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium | February 4, 1967 Beersel, Belgium | 1938, 1954, 1957, 1960 | [368] | |
| Aldous Huxley | July 26, 1894 Godalming, England | November 22, 1963 California, United States | 1938, 1939, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 | [369] | |
| 1939 | |||||
| Flávio de Carvalho | August 10, 1899 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | June 4, 1973 São Paulo, Brazil | 1939 | [370] | |
| Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel | November 6, 1870 Liverpool, England | February 5, 1963 London, England | 1939 | [371] | |
| Egidio Poblete Escudero | November 7, 1868 Valparaíso, Chile | October 18, 1940 Valparaíso, Chile | 1939 | [372] | |
| Ethel Florence Richardson | January 3, 1870 East Melbourne, Australia | March 20, 1946 Hastings, England | 1939 | [373] | |
| Hugh Walpole | March 13, 1884 Auckland, New Zealand | June 1, 1941 Keswick, England | 1939 | [374] | |
| Johan Huizinga | December 7, 1872 Groningen, Netherlands | February 1, 1945 De Steeg, Netherlands | 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1953, 1944, 1945 | [375] | |
| Henriette Roland Holst | December 24, 1869 Noordwijk, Netherlands | November 21, 1952 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1939, 1950, 1952 | [376][377] | |
| Eugène Baie | August 3, 1874 Anderlecht, Belgium | September 10, 1964 Anderlecht, Belgium | 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956 | [378] | |
| Hu Shih | December 17, 1891 Songjiang, China | February 24, 1962 Taipei, Taiwan | 1939, 1957 | First Chinese nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[379] | |
| Maria Dąbrowska | October 6, 1889 Russów, Poland | May 19, 1965 Warsaw, Poland | 1939, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1965 | [380] | |
1940–1949
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | |||||
| Gabriela Mistral | April 7, 1889 Vicuña, Chile | January 10, 1957 New York, United States | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 | Won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature.[381] | |
| Alfonso Strafile | 1872 Cerignola, Italy | ? Italy | 1940 | [382] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Gösta Albert Carlberg | September 23, 1909 Norrköping, Sweden | March 13, 1973 Stockholm, Sweden | 1940 | [383]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Bert Bailey | June 11, 1868 Auckland, New Zealand | March 30, 1953 Darlinghurst, Australia | 1940 | [384]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Edmund Blunden | November 1, 1896 London, England | January 20, 1974 Long Melford, England | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 | [385] | |
| Carl Sandburg | January 6, 1878 Illinois, United States | July 22, 1967 North Carolina, United States | 1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959 | [386] | |
| Lin Yutang | October 10, 1895 Zhangzhou, China | March 26, 1976 Hong Kong | 1940, 1950, 1970, 1972 | [387] | |
| 1941 | |||||
| Manoel Cyrillo Wanderley (prob. Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)) | Brazil | Brazil | 1941 | [388]Nominated by member of the Brasilian Academy Archbishop of Cuiabá Francisco. Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Ruth Comfort Young | July 21, 1882 California, United States | February 18, 1954 California, United States | 1941 | [389]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Branislav Petronijević | March 25, 1875 Sovljak, Serbia | March 4, 1954 Belgrade, Serbia | 1941, 1947 | [390] | |
| 1942 | |||||
| Sigfrid Siwertz | January 24, 1882 Stockholm, Sweden | November 26, 1970 Stockholm, Sweden | 1942 | [391]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Nikolai Berdyaev | March 18, 1874 Kiev, Ukraine | March 24, 1948 Clamart, France | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 | [392] | |
| Teixeira de Pascoaes | November 2, 1877 Amarante, Portugal | December 14, 1952 Amarante, Portugal | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948 | [393] | |
| Charles Langbridge Morgan | January 22, 1894 Bromley, England | February 6, 1958 London, England | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 | [394] | |
| Enrique Larreta | March 4, 1875 Buenos Aires, Argentina | July 6, 1961 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1950 | [395] | |
| Hans Carossa | December 15, 1878 Bad Tölz, Germany | September 12, 1956 Lower Bavaria, Germany | 1942, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956 | [396] | |
| 1943 | |||||
| John Steinbeck | February 27, 1902 California, United States | December 20, 1968 New York, United States | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 | Won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature.[397] | |
| Sri Aurobindo | August 15, 1872 Kolkata, India | December 5, 1950 Puducherry, India | 1943 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[398] Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Franz Werfel | September 10, 1890 Prague, Czechia | August 26, 1945 California, United States | 1943, 1945 | [399] | |
| Franz Hellens | September 8, 1881 Brussels, Belgium | January 20, 1972 Brussels, Belgium | 1943, 1948, 1958, 1954 | [400] | |
| Elisaveta Bagryana | April 16, 1893 Sofia, Bulgaria | March 23, 1991 Sofia, Bulgaria | 1943, 1944, 1945, 1969 | [401] | |
| 1944 | |||||
| Abol-Gassem E’tessam Zadeh | ? Iran | ? Iran | 1944 | [402] | |
| Luis Nueda y Santiago | 1883 Madrid, Spain | 1952 Madrid, Spain | 1944 | [403] | |
| Charles Ferdinand Ramuz | September 24, 1878 Lausanne, Switzerland | May 23, 1947 Pully, Switzerland | 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 | [404] | |
| Arnulf Øverland | April 27, 1889 Kristiansund, Norway | March 25, 1968 Oslo, Norway | 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1967 | [405] | |
| 1945 | |||||
| Thomas Sterns Eliot | September 26, 1888 Missouri, United States | January 4, 1965 Kensington, England | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 | Won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.[406] | |
| Yiorgos Theotokas | April 27, 1906 Constantinople, Turkey | October 30, 1966 Athens, Greece | 1945 | [407] | |
| Edward Morgan Forster | January 1, 1879 London, England | June 7, 1970 Coventry, England | 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 | [408][409] | |
| Marie Under | March 27, 1883 Reval, Estonia | September 25, 1980 Stockholm, Sweden | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 | [410] | |
| 1946 | |||||
| André Gide | November 22, 1869 Paris, France | February 19, 1951 Paris, France | 1946, 1947 | Won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature.[411] | |
| François Mauriac | October 11, 1885 Bordeaux, France | September 1, 1970 Paris, France | 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952 | Won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.[412] | |
| Winston Churchill | November 30, 1874 Blenheim Palace, England | January 24, 1965 Kensington, England | 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 | Won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature.[413] | |
| Boris Pasternak | February 10, 1890 Moscow, Russia | May 30, 1960 Moscow, Russia | 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958 | Won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature.[414] | |
| Herbert John Clifford Grierson | January 16, 1866 Lerwick, Scotland | February 19, 1960 Cambridge, England | 1946 | [415] | |
| Sholem Asch | November 1, 1880 Kutno, Poland | July 10, 1957 London, England | 1946, 1947 | [416] | |
| Angelos Sikelianos | March 28, 1884 Lefkada, Greece | June 19, 1951 Athens, Greece | 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 | [417] | |
| Ignazio Silone | May 1, 1900 Pescina, Italy | August 22, 1978 Geneva, Switzerland | 1946, 1947, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969 | [418] | |
| Tarjei Vesaas | August 20, 1897 Vinje, Norway | March 15, 1970 Oslo, Norway | 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 | [419] | |
| 1947 | |||||
| Pär Lagerkvist | May 23, 1891 Växjö, Sweden | July 11, 1974 Lidingö, Sweden | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 | Won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature.[420] | |
| Ernest Hemingway | July 21, 1899 Illinois, United States | July 2, 1961 Idaho, United States | 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954 | Won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.[421] | |
| Mikhail Sholokhov | May 24, 1905 Vyoshenskaya, Russia | February 21, 1984 Vyoshenskaya, Russia | 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 | Won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature.,[422][423] | |
| Shmuel Yosef Agnon | August 8, 1887 Buchach, Ukraine | February 17, 1970 Jerusalem, Israel | 1947, 1948, 1951, 1965, 1966 | Won the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature with Nelly Sachs.[424] | |
| Bernard O'Dowd | April 11, 1866 Beaufort, Australia | September 1, 1953 Melbourne, Australia | 1947 | [425] | |
| Horace Kallen | August 11, 1882 Bierutow, Poland | February 16, 1974 Florida, United States | 1947 | [426] | |
| Gregorios Xenopoulos | December 9, 1867 Constantinople, Turkey | January 14, 1951 Athens, Greece | 1947 | [427] | |
| Toyohiko Kagawa | July 10, 1888 Hyogo, Japan | April 23, 1960 Tokyo, Japan | 1947, 1948 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[428] | |
| Georgios Drosinis | December 9, 1859 Athens, Greece | January 3, 1951 Kifisia, Greece | 1947, 1948 | [429] | |
| Nikos Kazantzakis | February 18, 1883 Heraklion, Greece | October 26, 1957 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 | [430] | |
| André Malraux | November 3, 1901 Paris, France | November 23, 1976 Créteil, France | 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 | [431] | |
| 1948 | |||||
| Halldór Laxness | April 23, 1902 Reykjavík, Iceland | February 8, 1998 Reykjavík, Iceland | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 | Won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.[432] | |
| Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette | January 28, 1873 Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France | August 3, 1954 Paris, France | 1948 | [433] | |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher | February 17, 1879 Kansas, United States | November 9, 1958 Vermont, United States | 1948, 1949 | [434] | |
| George Santayana | December 16, 1863 Madrid, Spain | September 26, 1952 Rome, Italy | 1948, 1949 | [435] | |
| Zalman Shneur | ca. 1887 Shkloŭ, Belarus | February 20, 1959 New York, United States | 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957 | [436][437] | |
| George Macauley Trevelyan | February 16, 1876 Stratford-upon-Avon, England | July 21, 1962 Cambridge, England | 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960 | [438] | |
| Riccardo Bacchelli | April 19, 1891 Bologna, Italy | October 8, 1985 Monza, Italy | 1948, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1972 | [439] | |
| 1949 | |||||
| William Faulkner | September 25, 1897 Mississippi, United States | July 6, 1962 Mississippi, United States | 1949, 1950 | Won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.[440] | |
| Albert Camus | November 7, 1913 Algiers, Algeria | January 4, 1960 Villeblevin, France | 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 | Won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature.[441] | |
| Jacinto Grau | ca. 1877 Barcelona, Spain | August 14, 1958 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1949 | [442]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Reinaldo Temprano Azcona | 1911 Pajares de la Lampreana, Spain | 1954 Spain | 1949 | [443]Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year. | |
| Leonid Leonov | May 31, 1899 Moscow, Russia | August 8, 1994 Moscow, Russia | 1949, 1950 | [444] | |
| Enrique González Martínez | April 13, 1871 Guadalajara, Mexico | February 19, 1952 Mexico City, Mexico | 1949, 1952 | [445] | |
| Alfonso Reyes | May 17, 1889 Monterrey, Mexico | December 27, 1959 Mexico City, Mexico | 1949, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959 | First Mexican nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[446] | |
| Seán O'Casey | March 30, 1880 Dublin, Ireland | September 18, 1964 Torquay, England | 1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 | [447] | |
| Taha Hussein | November 15, 1889 Maghagha, Egypt | October 28, 1973 Cairo, Egypt | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972 | First Egyptian nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[448] | |
| Alberto Moravia | November 28, 1907 Rome, Italy | September 26, 1990 Rome, Italy | 1949, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 | [449] | |
1950–1959
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | |||||
| Bertrand Russell | May 18, 1872 Trellech, Wales | February 2, 1970 Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales | 1950 | Won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature.[450] | |
| Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany | July 24, 1878 London, England | October 25, 1957 Dublin, Ireland | 1950 | [451] | |
| Leopold Staff | November 14, 1878 Lviv, Ukraine | May 31, 1957 Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland | 1950 | [452] | |
| Thomas Head Raddall | November 13, 1903 Hythe, England | April 1, 1994 Liverpool, England | 1950 | [453] | |
| Albert Steffen | December 10, 1884 Wynau, Switzerland | July 13, 1963 Dornach, Switzerland | 1950 | [454] | |
| John Dewey | October 20, 1859 Vermont, United States | June 1, 1952 New York, United States | 1950 | [455] | |
| Hermann Broch | November 1, 1886 Vienna, Austria | May 30, 1951 Connecticut, United States | 1950 | [456] | |
| Júlio Dantas | May 19, 1876 Lagos, Portugal | May 25, 1962 Lisbon, Portugal | 1950, 1951 | [457] | |
| Alfred Noyes | September 16, 1880 Wolverhampton, England | June 25, 1958 Isle of Wight, England | 1950, 1951 | [458] | |
| Jakobus Cornelis Bloem | May 10, 1887 Oudshoorn, Netherlands | August 10, 1966 Kalenberg, Netherlands | 1950, 1952 | [459] | |
| Arnold Joseph Toynbee | April 14, 1889 London, England | October 22, 1975 York, England | 1950, 1957 | [460] | |
| Karl Jaspers | February 23, 1883 Oldenburg, Germany | February 26, 1969 Basel, Switzerland | 1950, 1960 | [461] | |
| Karen Blixen | April 17, 1885 Rungsted, Denmark | September 7, 1962 Rungsted, Denmark | 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 | [462] | |
| Gertrud von Le Fort | October 11, 1876 Minden, Germany | November 1, 1971 Oberstdorf, Germany | 1950, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 | [463][464] | |
| Robert Frost | March 26, 1874 California, United States | January 29, 1963 Massachusetts, United States | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 | [465] | |
| Martin Buber | February 8, 1878 Vienna, Austria | June 13, 1965 Jerusalem, Israel | 1950, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[466] | |
| Robert Graves | July 24, 1895 Wimbledon, England | December 7, 1985 Deià, Spain | 1950, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 | [467] | |
| Simon Vestdijk | October 17, 1898 Harlingen, Netherlands | March 23, 1971 Utrecht, Netherlands | 1950, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 | [468] | |
| Mika Waltari | September 19, 1908 Helsinki, Finland | August 26, 1979 Helsinki, Finland | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971 | [469] | |
| Graham Greene | October 2, 1904 Berkhamsted, England | April 3, 1991 Vevey, Switzerland | 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 | [470] | |
| 1951 | |||||
| Ezequiel Martínez Estrada | September 14, 1895 Buenos Aires, Argentina | November 4, 1964 Bahía Blanca, Argentina | 1951 | [471] | |
| Sotíris Skípis | ca. 1881 Athens, Greece | September 29, 1952 Provence, France | 1951 | [472] | |
| Katharine Susannah Prichard | December 4, 1883 Levuka, Fiji | October 2, 1969 Greenmount, Australia | 1951 | [473] | |
| María Enriqueta Camarillo | February 19, 1872 Coatepec, Mexico | February 13, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico | 1951 | [474] | |
| Rómulo Gallegos | August 2, 1884 Caracas, Venezuela | April 5, 1969 Caracas, Venezuela | 1951, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 | [475] | |
| José Maria Ferreira de Castro | May 24, 1898 Ossela, Portugal | June 29, 1974 Porto, Portugal | 1951, 1952, 1969, 1970 | [476][477] | |
| 1952 | |||||
| Juan Ramón Jiménez | December 24, 1881 Moguer, Spain | May 29, 1958 San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 | Won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature.[478] | |
| Albert Schweitzer | January 14, 1875 Kaysersberg-Vignoble, France | September 4, 1965 Lambarene, Gabon | 1952 | Won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.[479] | |
| John Dover Wilson | July 13, 1881 London, England | January 15, 1969 Balerno, Scotland | 1952 | [480] | |
| Charles Plisnier | December 13, 1896 Ghlin, Belgium | July 17, 1952 Brussels, Belgium | 1952 | Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[481] | |
| Paul Vialar | September 18, 1898 Saint-Denis, France | January 8, 1996 Vaucresson, France | 1952 | [482] | |
| Louis Artus | January 10, 1870 Paris, France | May 11, 1960 Paris, France | 1952 | [483] | |
| Van Wyck Brooks | February 16, 1886 New Jersey, United States | May 2, 1963 Connecticut, United States | 1952 | [484] | |
| Walter de la Mare | April 25, 1873 London, England | June 22, 1956 Twickenham, England | 1952, 1953 | [485] | |
| Julien Benda | December 26, 1867 Paris, France | June 7, 1956 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France | 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 | [486] | |
| Werner Bergengruen | September 16, 1892 Riga, Latvia | September 4, 1964 Baden-Baden, Germany | 1952, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1963 | [487][488] | |
| Salvador de Madariaga | July 23, 1886 A Coruña, Spain | December 14, 1978 Muralto, Switzerland | 1952, 1963, 1971 | Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[489] | |
| 1953 | |||||
| Gottfried Benn | May 2, 1886 Putlitz, Germany | July 97, 1956 Berlin, Germany | 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 | [490] | |
| Max Mell | November 10, 1882 Maribor, Slovenia | December 12, 1971 Vienna, Austria | 1953, 1954, 1960, 1962 | [491] | |
| Alberto Hidalgo Lobato | May 23, 1897 Arequipa, Peru | November 12, 1967 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1953, 1966, 1968 | [492] | |
| 1954 | |||||
| Jaroslav Seifert | September 23, 1901 Prague, Czechia | January 10, 1986 Prague, Czechia | 1954, 1968, 1969 | Won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature.[493] | |
| Ricardo Rojas | September 16, 1882 Tucumán, Argentina | July 29, 1957 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1954 | [494] | |
| Gustave Vanzype | June 10, 1869 Brussels, Belgium | September 12, 1955 Brussels, Belgium | 1954 | [495] | |
| Georgios Vouyouklatis | 1903 Greece | 1956 Paris, France | 1954 | [496]< list, nominees, nobel, prize, literature, nobel, prize, literature, swedish, nobelpriset, litteratur, awarded, annually, swedish, academy, authors, which, according, swedish, industrialist, alfred, nobel, benefactor, prize, produced, field, literature, most, o. The Nobel Prize in Literature Swedish Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors which according to the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel the benefactor of the prize has produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction 1 It is one of the five Nobel Prizes which are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry physics literature peace and physiology or medicine 2 Leo Tolstoy one of the most widely read writers who never won the Nobel Prize in Literature Every year the Swedish Academy sends out requests regularly for nominations of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature Members of the Academy members of literature academies and societies professors of literature and language former Nobel literature laureates and the presidents of writers organizations are all allowed to nominate a candidate Nomination of oneself is not permitted 3 Despite the yearly invitations for nominations there have been some years wherein the prize was not conferred due to particular reasons 1914 1918 1935 and due to the outbreak of World War II 1940 1943 Besides the prize has been delayed for a year seven times 1915 1919 1925 1926 1927 1936 1949 Records of nominations are strictly kept secret for 50 years until they are made publicly available Currently the nominations submitted from 1901 to 1972 are available 4 5 Since 1901 to 1972 there have been 814 writers coming from different parts of the world nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 68 of which were awarded the prize 6 and Albert Schweitzer was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1953 15 more writers from these nominees were awarded after 1972 and Elie Wiesel was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1986 Only 75 women had been nominated for the prize starting with Malwida von Meysenburg who was nominated once for the year 1901 7 and 8 of them have been awarded after all Only one literary society has been nominated the Pali Text Society for the year 1916 Though the following list consists of notable literary figures deemed worthy of the prize there have been some celebrated writers who were not considered nor even nominated such as Anton Chekhov 8 Jules Verne Mark Twain Robert Hugh Benson Arthur Conan Doyle Alexander Blok Marcel Proust Joseph Conrad Rainer Maria Rilke Federico Garcia Lorca Lu Xun Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Antonio Machado Francis Scott Fitzgerald James Joyce Christopher Dawson Virginia Woolf C S Lewis Simone Weil Willa Cather George Orwell Galaktion Tabidze Edith Hamilton Richard Wright Flannery O Connor Langston Hughes and Jack Kerouac 9 10 11 Contents 1 Nominees by their first nomination 1 1 1901 1909 1 2 1910 1919 1 3 1920 1929 1 4 1930 1939 1 5 1940 1949 1 6 1950 1959 1 7 1960 1969 1 8 1970 2 See also 3 Motivations 4 ReferencesNominees by their first nomination Edit1901 1909 Edit 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes1901 Sully Prudhomme March 16 1839 Paris France September 6 1907 Chatenay Malabry France 1901 Won the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature 12 Henryk Sienkiewicz May 5 1846 Wola Okrzejska Poland November 15 1916 Vevey Switzerland 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 Won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature 13 Rene Vallery Radot a October 1 1853 Paris France January 24 1933 Paris France 1901 15 Edmond Rostand b April 1 1868 Marseille France December 2 1918 Paris France 1901 16 Julius Gersdorff c June 15 1849 Szczecin Poland November 7 1907 Weimar Germany 1901 Nominated the only time by music pedagogue Carl Heinrich Doring 1834 1916 from Dresden Royal Conservatory 17 Oscar le Pin d Switzerland Switzerland 1901 Nominated the only time by P L Bonnaviat from Saint Petersburg Elizabethan Institute 18 Louis Ducros e December 27 1846 Nimes France 1927 Strasbourg France 19 1901 Nominated the only time by M Clerc 20 Carl Gustaf Estlander f January 31 1834 Lappfjard Finland August 28 1910 Helsinki Finland 1901 Nominated the only time by J G Frosterus 21 Auguste Sabatier g October 22 1839 Vallon Pont d Arc France April 12 1901 Strasbourg France 1901 Nominated the only time by G Monod 22 Died before the only chance to be rewarded Paul Duproix h August 14 1851 France January 24 1912 France 1901 Nominated the only time by Emile Redard 1848 1913 from the Societe de Belles Lettres Geneva 23 Charles Borgeaud i August 15 1861 Le Chenit Switzerland October 6 1940 Onex Switzerland 1901 24 Charles Renouvier j January 1 1815 Montpellier France September 1 1903 Prades France 1901 Nominated the only time by Antoine Benoist 1846 1922 from the University of Toulouse 25 Giacomo Stampa k Italy Italy 1901 Nominated the only time by Arm Vambery 26 Ossip Lourie l January 28 1868 Dubroŭna Belarus July 2 1955 Paris France 1901 Nominated the only time by Kr Birch Reichenwald Aars 27 Joao da Camara m December 27 1852 Lisbon Portugal January 2 1908 Lisbon Portugal 1901 Nominated the only time by J J Coelho de Carvalho 28 Malwida von Meysenbug n October 28 1816 Kassel Germany April 23 1903 Rome Italy 1901 Nominated the only time by G Monod through B Bjornson 29 First woman nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature Emile Zola o April 2 1840 Paris France September 29 1902 Paris France 1901 1902 Nominated by M Berthelot only 30 Ferenc Kemeny p July 17 1860 Zrenjanin Serbia November 21 1944 Budapest Hungary 1901 1902 31 Alexander Baumgartner q June 27 1841 St Gallen Switzerland October 5 1910 Luxembourg City Luxembourg 1901 1902 1903 Nominated by Kn K Krogh Tonning only 32 Gaston Paris r August 9 1839 Avenay Val d Or France March 5 1903 Cannes France 1901 1902 1903 Nominated by Fr Wulff only 33 Gaspar Nunez de Arce s August 4 1834 Valladolid Spain June 9 1903 Madrid Spain 1901 1902 1903 34 Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol t March 23 1847 Iași Romania February 27 1920 Bucharest Romania 1901 1909 Nominated by I Găvănescu only 35 Antonio Fogazzaro u March 25 1842 Vicenza Italy March 7 1911 Vicenza Italy 1901 1902 1906 1907 1908 1910 1911 36 Paul Sabatier v August 3 1858 Saint Michel de Chabrillanoux France March 4 1928 Strasbourg France 1901 1902 1903 1924 1925 Nominated by C Bildt only 37 Frederic Mistral September 8 1830 Maillane France March 25 1914 Maillane France 1901 1902 1903 1904 Won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature shared with Jose Echegaray 38 1902 Jose Echegaray April 19 1832 Madrid Spain September 14 1916 Madrid Spain 1902 1903 1904 Won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature shared with Frederic Mistral 39 Theodor Mommsen November 30 1817 Garding Germany November 1 1903 Berlin Germany 1902 Won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature 40 Bjornstjerne Bjornson December 8 1832 Kvikne Norway April 26 1910 Paris France 1902 1903 Won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature 41 Giosue Carducci July 27 1835 Pietrasanta Italy February 16 1907 Bologna Italy 1902 1903 1905 1906 Won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature 42 Gerhart Hauptmann November 15 1862 Szczawno Zdroj Poland June 6 1946 Jelenia Gora Poland 1902 1906 1912 Won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature 43 William Butler Yeats June 13 1865 Sandymount Ireland January 28 1939 Cannes France 1902 1914 1915 1918 1921 1922 1923 Won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature 44 Anatoly Koni w January 28 1844 Saint Petersburg Russia September 17 1927 Saint Petersburg Russia 1902 Nominated the only time by Ant Woulfert 45 Ventura Fernandez Lopez x July 14 1866 Barcena de Pie de Concha Spain November 17 1944 Toledo Spain 1902 Nominated the only time by Emmanuel Casado y Salas from the University of Toledo 46 Carl Weitbrecht December 8 1847 Althengstett Germany June 10 1904 Stuttgart Germany 1902 Nominated the only time by Hermann Fischer 1851 1920 from the University of Tubingen 47 Hartmann Grisar y September 22 1845 Koblenz Germany February 25 1932 Innsbruck Austria 1902 Nominated the only time by Kn K Krogh Tonning 48 Herbert Spencer April 27 1820 Derby England December 8 1903 Brighton England 1902 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 49 Bernard Bosanquet June 14 1848 Alnwick England February 8 1923 London England 1902 Nominated the only time by W M Dixon 50 Marcel Barriere z November 3 1860 Limoux France February 18 1954 Paris France 1902 Nominated the only time by Aug Em Faguet 51 Gustav Falke aa January 11 1853 Lubeck Germany February 8 1916 Marburg Germany 1902 Nominated the only time by Aug Sauer 52 Archibald Robertson ab June 29 1853 Northamptonshire England January 29 1931 Oxford England 1902 Nominated the only time by J W Hales 53 Henrik Ibsen March 20 1828 Skien Norway May 23 1906 Oslo Norway 1902 1903 1904 54 Leo Tolstoy ac September 9 1828 Yasnaya Polyana Russia November 20 1910 Astapovo Russia 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 55 Houston Stewart Chamberlain ad September 9 1855 Portsmouth England January 9 1927 Bayreuth Germany 1902 1906 56 Lewis Morris ae January 23 1833 Carmarthen Wales November 12 1907 Penbryn Wales 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 57 George Meredith February 12 1828 Hampshire England May 18 1909 Surrey England 1902 1903 1904 1906 1907 58 Theodor Zahn af October 10 1838 Moers Germany March 5 1933 Erlangen Germany 1902 1904 1908 Nominated by L N Dahle only 59 Charles Wagner ag January 3 1852 Alsace France May 12 1918 Alsace France 1902 1903 1909 60 John Morley ah December 24 1838 Blackburn England September 23 1923 London England 1902 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 61 Juhani Aho ai September 11 1861 Lapinlahti Finland August 8 1921 Helsinki Finland 1902 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 62 Arne Garborg aj January 25 1851 Jaeren Norway January 14 1924 Asker Norway 1902 1916 1917 1920 1921 63 1903 Rudyard Kipling December 30 1865 Mumbai India January 18 1936 London England 1903 1904 1905 1907 Won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature 64 Maurice Maeterlinck August 29 1862 Ghent Belgium May 6 1949 Nice France 1903 1904 1909 1910 1911 Won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature 65 Francois Coppee January 26 1842 Paris France May 23 1908 Paris France 1903 Nominated the only time by S R Prudhomme 66 Carl Friedrich Glasenapp ak October 3 1847 Riga Latvia April 14 1915 Riga Latvia 1903 67 Robert Langton Douglas al 1864 Cheshire England 1951 Fiesole Italy 1903 1904 68 Albert Sorel am August 13 1842 Honfleur France June 29 1906 Paris France 1903 1904 1905 1906 69 Iwan Gilkin an January 7 1858 Brussels Belgium September 28 1924 Brussels Belgium 1903 1909 70 Algernon Charles Swinburne April 5 1837 London England April 10 1909 London England 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 71 Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo November 3 1856 Santander Spain May 19 1912 Santander Spain 1903 1905 1907 1910 72 Georg Brandes February 4 1842 Copenhagen Denmark February 19 1927 Copenhagen Denmark 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1910 1916 1917 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 73 1904 Selma Lagerlof November 20 1858 Varmland Sweden March 16 1940 Varmland Sweden 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Won the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature 74 Anatole France April 16 1844 Paris France October 12 1924 Saint Cyr sur Loire France 1904 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1915 1916 1921 Won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature 75 Emilie Lerou ao 1855 France 1935 France 1904 Nominated the only time by J Ars Arn Claretie 76 Demetrios Bernardakis December 3 1833 Mitilini Greece January 12 1907 Mitilini Greece 1904 1905 Nominated by A8 Bernardakhs only 77 Jaroslav Vrchlicky Emil Frida February 17 1853 Louny Czechia September 9 1912 Domazlice Czechia 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 78 William Chapman ap December 13 1850 Beauceville Canada February 23 1917 Ottawa Canada 1904 1910 1912 1917 79 1905 Eliza Orzeszkowa June 6 1841 Mil kovshchina Belarus May 18 1910 Grodno Belarus 1905 80 Godfrey Sweven aq May 5 1845 Irvine England January 18 1935 Christchurch New Zealand 1905 John Macmillan Brown has only been nominated himself under the pseudonym Godfrey Sweven 81 82 1906 Pedro Pablo Figueroa December 25 1857 Copiapo Chile January 4 1909 Santiago Chile 1906 The nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel committee because the nominator Leonardo Eliz 1861 1939 from the Valparaiso Secondary School was found to be ineligible 83 Louis Franck November 28 1868 Antwerp Belgium December 31 1937 Wijnegem Belgium 1906 Nominated the only time by Ern Nys 84 Gaston Boissier August 15 1823 Nimes France June 10 1908 Viroflay France 1906 Nominated the only time by J J Hartman 85 William J Neidig ar 1870 United States 1955 United States 1906 One of the first three nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature from United States Nominated the only time by Henry Burrowes Lathrop 1867 1936 from the University of Wisconsin 86 Max Haushofer as April 23 1840 Munich Germany 1907 Gries San Quirino Italy 1906 The nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel committee because the nominator Em Milan was found to be ineligible 87 Max Bewer at January 19 1861 Dusseldorf Germany October 13 1921 Meissen Germany 1906 88 William Booth au April 10 1829 Nottingham England August 20 1912 London England 1906 The nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel committee because the nominator Otto Classen from Koln Lindenthal was found to be ineligible 89 Joseph Viktor Widmann av February 20 1842 Brno Czechia November 6 1911 Bern Switzerland 1906 1908 90 George Lansing Raymond aw September 3 1839 Illinois United States July 11 1929 Washington D C United States 1906 1907 1908 One of the first three nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature from United States 91 Borden Parker Bowne January 14 1847 Monmouth County New Jersey United States April 1 1910 Boston United States 1906 1907 1909 One of the first three nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature from United States 92 Angelo de Gubernatis April 7 1840 Turin Italy February 26 1913 Rome Italy 1906 1907 1909 93 1907 Joao Bonanca ax ca 1836 Lagos Portugal April 13 1924 Lisbon Portugal 1907 Nominated the only time by J T F Braga 94 Holger Drachmann October 9 1846 Copenhagen Denmark January 14 1908 Hornbaek Denmark 1907 Nominated the only time by H Hoffding 95 Ian Maclaren November 3 1850 Manningtree Essex England 96 May 6 1907 Iowa United States 1907 Nominated the only time by Er G W N Rudin 97 Died before the only chance to be rewarded Andres Manjon November 30 1846 Sargentes de la Lora Spain July 10 1923 Granada Spain 1907 Nominated the only time by Marquis of Valle Ameno Angel Sanchez Rubio Ibanez 1852 1910 from Zaragoza 98 Eduardo Benot November 26 1822 Cadiz Spain July 27 1907 Madrid Spain 1907 Nominated the only time by D Fr de Paula Cortazar y Larrubia Died before the only chance to be rewarded 99 Georgios Souris ay February 2 1853 Ermoupoli Greece August 26 1919 Athens Greece 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 100 Angel Guimera May 6 1835 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain July 18 1924 Barcelona Spain 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 101 Paul Bourget September 2 1852 Amiens France December 25 1935 Paris France 1907 1909 1914 1915 1928 102 1908 Rudolf Christoph Eucken January 5 1846 Aurich Germany September 15 1926 Jena Germany 1908 Won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature 103 Julio Calcano az December 4 1840 Caracas Venezuela August 18 1918 Caracas Venezuela 1908 Nominated the only time by don Jose M Manrique from Real Academia Espanola 104 Alfred L Hutchinson ba 1859 Waupaca Wisconsin United States August 1930 Weyauwega Wisconsin United States 1908 Nominated the only time by Luther Lamphere Wright 1856 1922 Superintendent of Public Instruction from Lansing Michigan 105 Edmondo De Amicis October 21 1846 Imperia Italy March 11 1908 Bordighera Italy 1908 Died before the only chance to be rewarded 106 Adolf von Harnack May 7 1851 Tartu Estonia June 10 1930 Heidelberg Germany 1908 1916 107 Elisabeth Forster Nietzsche July 10 1846 Lutzen Germany November 8 1935 Weimar Germany 1908 1916 1917 1923 108 1909 Verner von Heidenstam July 6 1859 Olshammar Sweden May 20 1940 Ovralid Sweden 1909 1911 1912 1913 1915 1916 Won the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature 109 Eugene Melchior de Vogue February 25 1848 Nice France March 29 1910 Paris France 1909 Nominated the only time by Count Alb Vandal 110 Martin Greif June 18 1839 Speyer Germany April 1 1911 Kufstein Austria 1909 1910 1911 111 Francesco D Ovidio bb December 5 1849 Campobasso Italy November 24 1925 Naples Italy 1909 1910 1911 1912 Nominated by Ern Monaci only 112 Ernest Lavisse December 17 1842 Le Nouvion en Thierache France August 18 1922 Paris France 1909 1910 1912 1913 113 Salvador Rueda December 3 1857 Benaque Spain April 1 1933 Malaga Spain 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1915 114 Emile Verhaeren May 21 1855 Sint Amands Belgium November 27 1916 Rouen France 1909 1912 1915 1916 115 1910 1919 Edit 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes1910 Paul Heyse March 13 1830 Berlin Germany April 2 1914 Munich Germany 1910 Won the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature 116 Gustav Warneck March 6 1834 Naumburg Germany December 26 1910 Halle Saale Germany 1910 117 Wilhelm Hermann Heinrich Benignus February 17 1861 Heilbronn Germany June 5 1930 Atlantic City New Jersey United States 1910 Nominated the only time by Marion Dexter Learned 1857 1917 from the University of Pennsylvania 118 Alfred Fouillee October 18 1838 Erdre en Anjou France June 16 1912 Lyon France 1910 Nominated the only time by C D af Wirsen 119 Edouard Rod March 31 1857 Nyon Switzerland January 29 1910 Grasse France 1910 Nominated the only time by Edm Rossier 120 Died before the only chance to be rewarded William Dean Howells March 1 1837 Ohio United States May 11 1920 New York United States 1910 Nominated the only time by J Br Matthews 121 Robert Bridges October 23 1844 Walmer England April 21 1930 Boars Hill England 1910 Nominated the only time by Ch V Stanford 122 Andrew Lang March 31 1844 Selkirk Scotland July 20 1912 Banchory Scotland 1910 Nominated the only time by Ed Nesbit Bland 123 Molly Elliot Seawell October 23 1860 Virginia United States November 15 1916 Washington D C United States 1910 1911 Nominated by Ch W Kent only 124 Marie von Ebner Eschenbach September 13 1830 Troubky Zdislavice Czechia March 12 1916 Vienna Austria 1910 1911 Nominated by Em Reich only 125 Pierre Loti January 14 1850 Rochefort France June 10 1923 Hendaye France 1910 1911 1912 1913 126 Thomas Hardy June 2 1840 Stinsford England January 11 1928 Dorchester England 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 127 1911 Karl Adolph Gjellerup June 2 1857 Roholte Denmark October 13 1919 Dresden Germany 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 Won the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature shared with Henrik Pontoppidan 128 George Bernard Shaw July 26 1856 Dublin Ireland November 2 1950 Ayot St Lawrence England 1911 1912 1921 1924 1925 1926 Won the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926 129 Albert de Mun February 28 1841 Lumigny Nesles Ormeaux France October 6 1914 Bordeaux France 1911 Nominated the only time by R Fr N M Bazin 130 Gustaf Froding August 22 1860 Alster Swedeen February 8 1911 Stockholm Sweden 1911 Died before the only chance to be rewarded 131 Rafael Altamira y Crevea February 10 1866 Alicante Spain June 1 1951 Mexico City Mexico 1911 1912 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 132 Harald Hoffding March 11 1843 Copenhagen Denmark July 2 1931 Copenhagen Denmark 1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 133 Henry James April 15 1843 New York United States February 28 1916 London England 1911 1912 1916 134 Peter Rosegger July 31 1843 Krieglach Austria June 26 1918 Krieglach Austria 1911 1913 1918 135 Ernst von der Recke August 14 1848 Copenhagen Denmark December 2 1933 Zealand Denmark 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1930 136 Karl Schonherr February 24 1867 Axams Austria March 15 1943 Vienna Austria 1911 1912 1933 1938 137 August Strindberg January 22 1849 Stockholm Sweden May 14 1912 Stockholm Sweden 1911 Nominated the only time by N Soderblom The nomination was retrieved for having arrived too late 138 1912 Carl Spitteler April 24 1845 Liestal Switzerland December 29 1924 Lucerne Switzerland 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 Won the 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 139 Henri Bergson October 18 1859 Paris France January 4 1941 Paris France 1912 1913 1914 1915 1918 1921 1927 1928 Won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 140 Pencho Slaveykov April 27 1866 Tryavna Bulgaria June 10 1912 Brunate Italy 1912 Nominated the only time by Alfr Jensen 141 Died before the only chance to be rewarded Sven Hedin February 19 1865 Stockholm Sweden November 26 1952 Stockholm Sweden 1912 1913 Nominated by Fr Am Wulff only 142 Jean Henri Fabre December 21 1823 Aveyron France October 11 1915 Serignan du Comtat France 1912 1914 143 Salvatore Farina January 10 1846 Sorso Italy December 15 1918 Milan Italy 1912 1913 1914 Nominated by members of the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere only 144 Benito Perez Galdos May 10 1843 Las Palmas Spain January 4 1920 Madrid Spain 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 145 Adolf Frey February 18 1855 Kuttigen Switzerland February 12 1920 Zurich Switzerland 1912 1913 1914 1916 1917 1918 1920 Nominated by W Oechsli only 146 Hans E Kinck October 11 1865 Oksfjord Norway October 13 1926 Oslo Norway 1912 1919 1920 1926 147 James George Frazer January 1 1854 Glasgow Scotland May 7 1941 Cambridge England 1912 1926 1928 1935 148 1913 Rabindranath Tagore May 7 1861 Kolkata India August 7 1941 Kolkata India 1913 Won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature 149 Henrik Pontoppidan July 24 1857 Fredericia Denmark August 21 1943 Charlottenlund Denmark 1913 1916 1917 Won the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature shared with Karl Gjellerup 150 Grazia Deledda September 28 1871 Nuoro Italy August 15 1936 Rome Italy 1913 1914 1915 1917 1918 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 Won the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927 151 Edward Dowden May 3 1843 Cork Ireland April 4 1913 Dublin Ireland 1913 Nominated the only time by J Lindsay 152 Died before the only chance to be rewarded John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury April 30 1834 London England May 28 1913 Broadstairs England 1913 Nominated the only time by H Ol H Hildebrand 153 Died before the only chance to be rewarded Francis Shanning Miles Welles April 21 1887 Richmond London England Aug 29 1956 Cheltenham General Hospital England 1913 Nominated the only time by C Read 154 Emile Faguet December 17 1847 La Roche sur Yon France June 7 1916 Paris France 1913 1914 155 Jakob Knudsen September 14 1858 Rodding Denmark January 21 1917 Birkerod Denmark 1913 1916 156 Edmond Picard December 15 1836 Brussels Belgium February 19 1924 Namur Belgium 1913 1914 1916 1917 157 1914 Antonio Serra y Morant December 17 1866 Alicante Spain August 7 1939 Madrid Spain 1914 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 158 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Josef Svatopluk Machar February 29 1864 Kolin Czechia March 17 1942 Prague Czechia 1914 1915 Nobel Prizes in Literature have not been awarded these years 159 Rene Francois Nicolas Marie Bazin December 26 1853 Angers France July 20 1932 Paris France 1914 1915 Nobel Prizes in Literature have not been awarded these years 160 Dora Melegari June 27 1849 Lausanne Switzerland July 31 1924 Rome Italy 1914 1923 161 Willem Kloos May 6 1859 Amsterdam Netherlands March 3 1938 The Hague Netherlands 1914 1915 1925 1926 1928 162 Dmitry Merezhkovsky August 2 1865 Saint Petersburg Russia December 9 1941 Paris France 1914 1915 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 163 Vilhelm Gronbech June 14 1873 Allinge Denmark April 21 1948 Helsingor Denmark 1914 1915 1927 1928 1935 1937 1939 1940 1941 1943 1944 164 1915 Romain Rolland January 29 1866 Clamecy France December 30 1944 Vezelay France 1915 1916 Won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Literature awarded the following year 165 Charles Montagu Doughty August 19 1843 Saxmundham England January 20 1926 Sissinghurst England 1915 Nominated the only time by Th H Warren 166 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Ferdinand Avenarius December 20 1856 Berlin Germany September 22 1923 Kampen Germany 1915 1921 167 1916 Erik Axel Karlfeldt July 20 1864 Avesta Sweden April 8 1931 Stockholm Sweden 1916 1917 1918 1919 1929 1931 Posthumously won the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature 168 Rabindranath Datta October 1 1883 Kolkata India July 6 1917 Kolkata India 1916 169 Ivan Franko August 27 1856 Lviv Ukraine May 28 1916 Lviv Ukraine 1916 Died before the only chance to be rewarded 170 Gunnar Heiberg November 18 1857 Oslo Norway February 22 1929 Oslo Norway 1916 Nominated the only time by J Thiis 171 Troels Troels Lund September 5 1840 Copenhagen Denmark February 12 1921 Copenhagen Denmark 1916 Nominated the only time by L Fr Al Laffler 172 The Pali Text Society founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids 1916 Nominated the only time by Th W Rh Davids 173 The only literary society nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature Per Hallstrom September 29 1866 Stockholm Sweden February 18 1960 Nacka Sweden 1916 1919 174 Otokar Brezina September 13 1868 Pocatky Czechia March 25 1929 Jaromerice nad Rokytnou Czechia 1916 1917 1918 1920 1921 1925 1928 1929 175 Henrik Schuck November 2 1855 Stockholm Sweden October 3 1947 Uppsala Sweden 1916 1929 176 1917 Ivan Vazov July 9 1850 Sopot Bulgaria September 22 1921 Sofia Bulgaria 1917 Nominated the only time by Iv D Shishmanov 177 Otto Ernst Schmidt Otto Ernst October 7 1862 Hamburg Germany March 5 1926 Hamburg Germany 1917 Nominated the only time by P Aug Ler Hallstrom 178 Jeppe Aakjaer September 10 1866 Aakjaer Denmark April 22 1930 Roslev Denmark 1917 179 Johan Bojer March 6 1872 Orkdal Norway July 3 1959 Oslo Norway 1917 1925 1929 1932 180 Olaf Bull November 10 1883 Oslo Norway June 29 1933 Oslo Norway 1917 1927 1928 1931 1932 181 Bertel Gripenberg September 19 1878 Saint Petersburg Russia May 6 1947 Savsjo Sweden 1917 1918 1922 1923 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1937 182 1918 Knut Hamsun August 4 1859 Lom Norway February 19 1952 Grimstad Norway 1918 1920 Won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature 183 Gustav Frenssen October 19 1863 Barlt Germany April 11 1945 Barlt Germany 1918 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year 184 Alois Jirasek August 23 1851 Hronov Czechia March 12 1930 Prague Czechia 1918 1919 1920 1921 1930 185 Maxim Gorky March 28 1868 Nizhny Novgorod Russia June 18 1936 Moscow Oblast Russia 1918 1923 1928 1933 186 Gunnar Gunnarsson May 18 1889 Fljotsdalur Iceland November 21 1975 Reykjavik Iceland 1918 1921 1922 1955 1960 1961 1965 1969 187 1919 Wladyslaw Reymont May 7 1867 Kobiele Wielkie Poland December 5 1925 Warsaw Poland 1919 1920 1922 1924 Won the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature 188 John Galsworthy August 14 1867 Kingston upon Thames England January 31 1933 London England 1919 1920 1921 1922 1931 1932 Won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature 189 Ebenezer Howard January 29 1850 London England May 1 1928 Welwyn Garden City England 1919 1920 Nominated the only time by Chr Chr Dr Collin 190 Hugo von Hofmannsthal February 1 1874 Vienna Austria July 15 1929 Vienna Austria 1919 1924 1926 1927 191 Arno Holz April 26 1863 Ketrzyn Poland October 26 1929 Berlin Germany 1919 1921 1922 1923 1924 1927 1928 1929 192 1920 1929 Edit 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes1920 Wilbur Cortez Abbott December 28 1869 Indiana United States February 3 1947 Massachusetts United States 1920 193 1921 Jacinto Benavente August 12 1866 Madrid Spain July 14 1954 Madrid Spain 1921 1922 Won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature 194 Jean Revel September 22 1848 Conteville France May 4 1925 Conteville France 1921 195 Emile Boutroux July 28 1845 Montrouge France November 22 1921 Paris France 1921 196 Stefan Zeromski October 14 1864 Strawczyn Poland November 20 1925 Warsaw Poland 1921 1922 1923 1924 197 H G Wells September 21 1866 London England August 31 1946 London England 1921 1932 1935 1946 198 1922 Sigrid Undset May 20 1882 Kalundborg Denmark June 10 1949 Lillehammer Norway 1922 1925 1926 1928 Won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature 199 Darrell Figgis September 17 1882 Dublin Ireland October 27 1925 London England 1922 200 Georg von Below January 19 1858 Gusev Russia October 20 1927 Badenweiler Germany 1922 201 Israel Zangwill January 21 1864 London England August 1 1926 Midhurst England 1922 202 Michael Sadleir December 25 1888 Oxford England December 13 1957 London England 1922 203 Matilde Serao March 7 1856 Patras Greece July 25 1927 Naples Italy 1922 1923 1924 1925 204 Roberto Bracco November 10 1861 Naples Italy April 20 1943 Sorrento Italy 1922 1923 1924 1925 205 Ludwig von Pastor January 31 1854 Aachen Germany September 30 1928 Innsbruck Austria 1922 1923 1924 1925 1929 206 William Inge June 6 1860 Crayke England February 26 1954 Wallingford England 1922 1923 1929 207 Paul Ernst March 7 1866 Elbingerode Germany May 13 1933 Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing Austria 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 208 1923 Ivan Bunin October 22 1870 Voronezh Russia November 8 1953 Paris France 1923 1930 1931 1932 1933 Won the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature 209 Konstantin Balmont June 15 1867 Shuya Russia December 23 1942 Paris France 1923 210 Einar H Kvaran December 6 1859 Vallanes Iceland May 21 1938 Reykjavik Iceland 1923 1924 211 Hermann Turck 212 March 13 1856 Georgenburg now Russia April 30 1933 Weimar Germany 1923 1924 213 Guglielmo Ferrero July 21 1871 Portici Italy August 3 1942 Chardonne Switzerland 1923 1924 1925 1927 1933 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 214 1924 Thomas Mann June 6 1875 Lubeck Germany August 21 1955 Zurich Switzerland 1924 1928 1929 1948 Won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature 215 Max Neuburger December 8 1868 Vienna Austria March 15 1955 Vienna Austria 1924 216 Olav Duun November 21 1876 Namsos Norway September 13 1939 Holmestrand Norway 1924 1925 1927 1928 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 217 1925 Johannes V Jensen January 20 1873 Farso Denmark November 25 1950 Osterbro Denmark 1925 1926 1927 1928 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 Won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature 218 Paul Elmer More December 12 1864 Missouri United States March 9 1937 New Jersey United States 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year 219 Giovanni Schembari Italy Italy 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year 220 Paul Raynal July 25 1885 Narbonne France August 18 1971 Paris France 1925 1926 221 Ferenc Herczeg September 22 1863 Vrsac Serbia February 24 1954 Budapest Hungary 1925 1926 1927 222 Rudolf Maria Holzapfel April 26 1874 Krakow Poland February 8 1930 Muri bei Bern Switzerland 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 223 1926 Arnold Bennett May 27 1867 Stoke on Trent England March 27 1931 London England 1926 224 Pyotr Krasnov September 22 1869 Saint Petersburg Russia January 16 1947 Moscow Russia 1926 225 Avetis Aharonian January 9 1866 Igdir Turkey March 20 1948 Paris France 1926 226 Sofia Casanova September 30 1861 A Coruna Spain January 16 1958 Poznan Poland 1926 227 Vicente Huidobro January 10 1893 Santiago Chile January 2 1948 Cartagena Chile 1926 228 Edvard Westermarck November 20 1862 Helsinki Finland September 3 1939 Tenala Finland 1926 1927 229 Ada Negri February 3 1870 Lodi Italy January 11 1945 Milan Italy 1926 1927 230 Juan Zorrilla de San Martin December 28 1855 Montevideo Uruguay November 3 1931 Montevideo Uruguay 1926 1928 231 Karl Kraus April 28 1874 Jicin Czechia June 12 1936 Vienna Austria 1926 1928 1930 232 Georg Bonne August 12 1859 Hamburg Germany May 1 1945 Hamburg Germany 1926 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 233 J H Rosny aine February 17 1856 Brussels Belgium February 11 1940 Paris France 1926 1928 1933 234 Josip Kosor January 27 1879 Drnis Croatia January 23 1961 Dubrovnik Croatia 1926 1927 1939 235 Kostis Palamas January 13 1859 Patras Greece February 27 1943 Athens Greece 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1940 236 Johannes Jorgensen November 6 1866 Svendborg Denmark May 29 1956 Svendborg Denmark 1926 1932 1942 1950 237 Concha Espina April 15 1869 Santander Spain May 19 1955 Madrid Spain 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1952 1954 238 Paul Claudel August 6 1868 Villeneuve sur Fere France February 23 1955 Paris France 1926 1937 1941 1950 1951 1955 239 1927 Cesare Pascarella April 28 1858 Rome Italy May 8 1940 Rome Italy 1927 240 Eduard Meyer January 25 1855 Hamburg Germany August 31 1930 Berlin Germany 1927 241 Samuel Parsons Scott July 8 1846 Ohio United States May 30 1929 Ohio United States 1927 242 Edith Wharton January 24 1862 New York United States August 11 1937 Saint Brice sous Foret France 1927 1928 1930 243 Edouard Estaunie February 4 1862 Dijon France April 2 1942 Paris France 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 244 Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer December 30 1878 Budapest Hungary April 12 1962 Munich Germany 1927 1934 1935 1936 1937 245 1928 Armando Palacio Valdes October 4 1853 Entrialgo Spain January 29 1938 Madrid Spain 1928 246 Blanca de los Rios August 15 1859 Seville Spain April 13 1956 Madrid Spain 1928 247 Edith Howes August 29 1872 London England July 9 1954 Dunedin New Zealand 1928 248 Theodor Daubler August 17 1876 Trieste Italy June 14 1934 Sankt Blasien Germany 1928 249 Frederik van Eeden April 3 1860 Haarlem Netherlands June 16 1932 Bussum Netherlands 1928 250 Alf Larsen July 22 1885 Tjome Norway December 12 1967 Tjome Norway 1928 251 Anna de Noailles November 15 1876 Paris France April 30 1933 Paris France 1928 252 Ivan Grozev June 23 1872 Sofia Bulgaria January 10 1957 London England 1928 1929 253 Hans Driesch October 28 1867 Bad Kreuznach Germany April 17 1941 Leipzig Germany 1928 1930 1932 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 254 Rudolf Hans Bartsch February 11 1873 Graz Austria February 7 1952 Graz Austria 1928 1929 1930 1933 255 Rufino Blanco Fombona June 17 1874 Caracas Venezuela October 16 1944 Buenos Aires Argentina 1928 1929 1930 1933 1935 256 Felix Timmermans July 5 1886 Lier Belgium January 24 1947 Lier Belgium 1928 1940 1941 257 Ricarda Huch July 18 1864 Braunschweig Germany November 17 1947 Kronberg Germany 1928 1935 1937 1946 258 1929 Cale Young Rice December 11 1872 Kentucky United States January 24 1943 Kentucky United States 1929 259 Knud Rasmussen June 7 1879 Ilulissat Greenland December 21 1933 Copenhagen Denmark 1929 260 Stefan George July 12 1868 Budesheim Germany December 4 1933 Minusio Switzerland 1929 1931 261 Edwin Arlington Robinson December 22 1869 Maine United States April 6 1935 New York United States 1929 1930 1932 1934 262 Benedetto Croce February 25 1866 Pescasseroli Italy November 20 1952 Naples Italy 1929 1933 1936 1938 1939 1947 1948 1949 1950 1952 263 Thornton Wilder April 17 1897 Wisconsin United States December 7 1975 Connecticut United States 1929 1949 1958 1959 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 264 1930 1939 Edit 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes1930 Sinclair Lewis February 7 1885 Minnesota United States January 10 1951 Rome Italy 1930 Won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature 265 Frans Eemil Sillanpaa September 16 1888 Hameenkyro Finland June 3 1964 Helsinki Finland 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature 266 Theodore Dreiser August 27 1871 Indiana United States December 28 1945 California United States 1930 267 Clotilde Crespo de Arvelo September 19 1887 Los Teques Venezuela 1959 Caracas Venezuela 1930 268 Manfred Kyber March 1 1880 Riga Latvia March 10 1933 Lowenstein Germany 1930 269 Arvid Jarnefelt November 16 1861 Saint Petersburg Russia December 27 1932 Helsinki Finland 1930 270 Yrjo Hirn December 7 1870 Lappeenranta Finland February 23 1952 Helsinki Finland 1930 271 Edgar Lee Masters August 23 1868 Kansas United States March 5 1950 Pennsylvania United States 1930 272 Nathanael Junger October 23 1871 Hamburg Germany September 29 1941 Potsdam Germany 1930 1931 273 Anton Wildgans April 17 1881 Vienna Austria May 3 1932 Modling Austria 1930 1931 1932 274 Paul Valery October 30 1871 Sete France July 20 1945 Paris France 1930 1931 1932 1933 1935 1936 1937 1939 1940 1943 1944 1945 275 Lion Feuchtwanger July 7 1884 Munich Germany December 21 1958 California United States 1930 1955 1956 1957 276 Rudolf Kassner September 11 1873 Velke Pavlovice Czechia April 1 1959 Sierre Switzerland 1930 1931 1932 1935 1938 1948 1953 1954 1955 1959 277 278 1931 Hermann Hesse July 2 1877 Calw Germany August 9 1962 Collina d Oro Switzerland 1931 1938 1939 1942 1944 1946 Won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature 279 Laura Mestre Hevia April 6 1867 Havana Cuba January 11 1944 Havana Cuba 1931 280 Francis Jammes December 2 1868 Tournay France November 1 1938 Hasparren France 1931 281 Ole Edvart Rolvaag April 22 1876 Donna Norway November 5 1931 Minnesota United States 1931 Died before the only chance to be rewarded 282 Erich Maria Remarque June 22 1898 Osnabruck Germany September 25 1970 Locarno Switzerland 1931 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 283 Ivan Shmelyov October 3 1873 Moscow Russia June 24 1950 Paris France 1931 1932 284 Ivana Brlic Mazuranic April 18 1874 Ogulin Croatia September 21 1938 Zagreb Croatia 1931 1935 1937 1938 285 Ramon Perez de Ayala August 9 1880 Oviedo Spain August 5 1962 Madrid Spain 1931 1934 1947 286 Martin Andersen Nexo June 26 1869 Christianshavn Denmark June 1 1954 Dresden Germany 1931 1950 287 Ramon Menendez Pidal March 13 1869 A Coruna Spain November 14 1968 Madrid Spain 1931 1932 1934 1938 1939 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Menendez Pidal earns the highest record as the most nominated person for the Nobel Prize in Literature but never won the prize He was nominated 151 times 288 1932 Francesco Orestano April 14 1873 Alia Italy August 20 1945 Rome Italy 1932 289 Axel Munthe October 31 1857 Oskarshamn Sweden February 11 1949 Stockholm Sweden 1932 290 Percival Elgood July 3 1863 Marlborough England December 20 1941 Cairo Egypt 1932 291 Grigol Robakidze October 28 1880 Imereti Georgia November 19 1962 Geneva Switzerland 1932 292 Michael Blumelhuber September 23 1865 Christkindl Austria January 29 1936 Steyr Austria 1932 1933 1934 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 293 Karel Capek January 9 1890 Male Svatonovice Czechia December 25 1938 Prague Czechia 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 294 Vilhelm Ekelund October 14 1880 Scania Sweden September 3 1949 Saltsjobaden Sweden 1932 1941 295 Manuel Galvez May 6 1882 Parana Argentina November 14 1962 Buenos Aires Argentina 1932 1933 1934 1951 1952 296 Upton Sinclair September 20 1878 Maryland United States November 25 1968 New Jersey United States 1932 1933 1934 1965 297 1933 Henrique Coelho Neto February 21 1864 Maranhao Brazil November 28 1934 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1933 298 Max Beerbohm August 24 1872 London England May 20 1956 Rapallo Italy 1933 299 Joseph Bedier January 28 1864 Paris France August 29 1938 Le Grand Serre France 1933 1934 300 Ernest Roguin May 27 1851 Yverdon les Bains Switzerland May 5 1939 Lausanne Switzerland 1933 1934 301 Hayim Nahman Bialik January 9 1873 Volhynia Russia July 4 1934 Vienna Austria 1933 1934 302 Hermann Stehr February 16 1864 Bystrzyca Klodzka Poland September 11 1940 Szklarska Poreba Poland 1933 1934 1935 1936 303 Antonio Correia de Oliveira July 30 1878 Sao Pedro do Sul Portugal February 20 1960 Esposende Portugal 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1942 304 Carlos Maria Ocantos August 24 1860 Buenos Aires Argentina March 29 1949 Madrid Spain 1933 1943 305 Jose Ortega y Gasset May 9 1883 Madrid Spain October 18 1955 Madrid Spain 1933 1951 306 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan September 5 1888 Thiruttani India April 17 1975 Chennai India 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1952 1956 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 Second President of India 1962 1967 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 307 1934 Luigi Pirandello June 28 1867 Agrigento Italy December 10 1936 Rome Italy 1934 Won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature 308 Eugene O Neill October 16 1888 New York United States November 27 1953 Massachusetts United States 1934 1935 1936 Won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1937 309 Roger Martin du Gard March 23 1881 Neuilly sur Seine France August 22 1958 Belforet en Perche France 1934 1935 1936 1937 Won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature 310 Francisco Garcia Calderon Rey April 8 1883 Valparaiso Chile July 1 1953 Lima Peru 1934 311 Ventura Garcia Calderon February 23 1886 Paris France October 27 1959 Paris France 1934 312 Ole Hallesby August 5 1879 Aremark Norway November 22 1961 Oslo Norway 1934 313 Ewald Magnus Engebrethsen Sundberg October 8 1886 Kristiansand Norway April 1967 Norway 1934 314 Hans Henrik Holm January 18 1896 Oslo Norway September 27 1980 Oslo Norway 1934 315 Franz Karl Ginzkey September 8 1871 Pula Croatia April 11 1963 Vienna Austria 1934 1935 316 Tadeusz Stefan Zielinski September 14 1859 Kiev Ukraine May 8 1944 Schondorf Germany 1934 1935 317 Jarl Hemmer September 18 1893 Vaasa Finland December 6 1944 Porvoo Finland 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 318 Maria Madalena Valdez Trigueiros de Martel Patricio April 19 1884 Lisbon Portugal November 3 1947 Lisbon Portugal 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 319 Jean Schlumberger May 26 1877 Guebwiller France October 25 1968 Paris France 1934 1950 1952 1956 1959 1964 320 1935 James Cousins July 22 1873 Belfast Northern Ireland February 20 1956 Madanapalle India 1935 321 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Sven Erik Lonborg March 16 1871 Motala Sweden April 11 1959 Uppsala Sweden 1935 322 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Emile Male June 2 1862 Commentry France October 6 1954 Fontaine Chaalis France 1935 323 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Gudmundur Kamban June 8 1888 Reykjavik Iceland May 5 1945 Copenhagen Denmark 1935 324 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Violet Clifton November 2 1883 Rome Italy November 20 1961 Lytham St Annes England 1935 325 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Elise Richter March 2 1865 Vienna Austria June 23 1943 Theresienstadt Ghetto Czechia 1935 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year 326 Gilbert Keith Chesterton May 29 1874 Kensington England June 14 1936 Beaconsfield England 1935 327 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Dezso Szabo June 10 1879 Cluj Napoca Romania January 13 1945 Budapest Hungary 1935 328 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Victor Manuel Rendon December 5 1859 Guayaquil Ecuador October 9 1940 Guayaquil Ecuador 1935 329 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Edvarts Virza December 27 1883 Ozolnieki Latvia March 1 1940 Riga Latvia 1935 1936 330 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded these years Miguel de Unamuno September 29 1864 Bilbao Spain December 31 1936 Salamanca Spain 1935 1936 331 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded these years Shaul Tchernichovsky August 20 1875 Kiev Ukraine October 14 1943 Jerusalem Israel 1935 1937 332 John Masefield June 1 1878 Ledbury England May 12 1967 Abingdon England 1935 1937 333 Jules Romains August 26 1885 Saint Julien Chapteuil France August 14 1972 Paris France 1935 1945 1947 1948 1950 1952 1953 1957 1963 1966 334 1936 Asis Domet June 25 1890 Cairo Egypt June 27 1943 Berlin Germany 1936 335 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Hari Mohan Banerjee India India 1936 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 336 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Enrica von Handel Mazzetti January 10 1871 Vienna Austria April 8 1955 Linz Austria 1936 337 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Ludwig Klages December 10 1872 Hanover Germany July 29 1956 Kilchberg Switzerland 1936 338 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Sigmund Freud May 6 1856 Pribor Czechia September 23 1939 London England 1936 Nominated for Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine too 339 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Alfred Edward Evershed April 22 1870 Littlehampton England May 31 1941 Tasmania Australia 1936 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 340 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Cecile Tormay October 8 1875 Budapest Hungary April 2 1937 Gyongyos Hungary 1936 1937 341 Hans Fallada July 21 1893 Greifswald Germany February 5 1947 Berlin Germany 1936 1939 342 Arvid Morne May 6 1876 Kuopio Finland June 15 1946 Kauniainen Finland 1936 1945 1946 343 Georges Duhamel June 30 1884 Paris France April 13 1966 Valmondois France 1936 1937 1940 1942 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1955 1956 1957 1961 344 1937 Maurice Magre March 2 1877 Toulouse France December 11 1941 Nice France 1937 345 Jules Payot April 10 1859 Chamonix France January 30 1940 Aix en Provence France 1937 346 Arnold Schering April 2 1877 Wroclaw Poland March 7 1941 Berlin Germany 1937 347 Maria Jotuni April 9 1880 Kuopio Finland September 30 1943 Helsinki Finland 1937 348 Albert Verwey May 15 1865 Amsterdam Netherlands March 8 1937 Noordwijk Netherlands 1937 Died before the only chance to be rewarded 349 William Burchell Bashyr Pickard July 31 1889 London England January 25 1973 Hertford England 1937 350 Valdemar Rordam September 23 1872 Fakse Denmark July 13 1946 Holbaek Denmark 1937 1938 351 Sally Salminen April 25 1906 Vardo Aland Finland July 18 1976 Copenhagen Denmark 1937 1938 1939 352 Bensadhar Majumdar India India 1937 1939 353 Maila Talvio October 17 1871 Hartola Finland January 6 1951 Helsinki Finland 1937 1939 1947 354 Rene Behaine June 17 1880 Vervins France January 2 1966 Villefranche sur Mer France 1937 1939 1941 1943 1944 1948 1965 355 Johan Falkberget September 30 1879 Roros Norway April 5 1967 Roros Norway 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1960 1961 1962 1965 356 Stijn Streuvels October 3 1871 Kortrijk Belgium August 15 1969 Anzegem Belgium 1937 1938 1939 1940 1950 1953 1956 1957 1965 1969 357 Jean Giono March 30 1895 Manosque France October 9 1970 Manosque France 1937 1952 1957 1959 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 358 1938 Pearl Buck June 26 1892 West Virginia United States March 6 1973 Vermont United States 1938 Won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature 359 Arthur van Schendel March 5 1874 Jakarta Indonesia September 11 1946 Amsterdam Netherlands 1938 360 Margaret Mitchell November 8 1900 Georgia United States August 16 1949 Georgia United States 1938 361 Veikko Antero Koskenniemi July 8 1885 Oulu Finland August 4 1962 Turku Finland 1938 362 Robert Ritchie Racey May 3 1873 Canada September 15 1956 Paris Ontario Canada 1938 363 Mohammad Khan prob Mohammad Habib 1895 1971 India India 1938 364 Sanjib Chaudhuri India India 1938 1939 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 365 Henriette Charasson February 13 1884 Le Havre France May 29 1972 Toulouse France 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943 1944 1947 1949 1954 1957 366 Mark Aldanov November 7 1886 Kiev Ukraine February 24 1957 Nice France 1938 1939 1947 1948 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 367 Herman Teirlinck February 24 1879 Sint Jans Molenbeek Belgium February 4 1967 Beersel Belgium 1938 1954 1957 1960 368 Aldous Huxley July 26 1894 Godalming England November 22 1963 California United States 1938 1939 1955 1959 1960 1961 1963 369 1939 Flavio de Carvalho August 10 1899 Rio de Janeiro Brazil June 4 1973 Sao Paulo Brazil 1939 370 Herbert Samuel 1st Viscount Samuel November 6 1870 Liverpool England February 5 1963 London England 1939 371 Egidio Poblete Escudero November 7 1868 Valparaiso Chile October 18 1940 Valparaiso Chile 1939 372 Ethel Florence Richardson January 3 1870 East Melbourne Australia March 20 1946 Hastings England 1939 373 Hugh Walpole March 13 1884 Auckland New Zealand June 1 1941 Keswick England 1939 374 Johan Huizinga December 7 1872 Groningen Netherlands February 1 1945 De Steeg Netherlands 1939 1940 1941 1942 1953 1944 1945 375 Henriette Roland Holst December 24 1869 Noordwijk Netherlands November 21 1952 Amsterdam Netherlands 1939 1950 1952 376 377 Eugene Baie August 3 1874 Anderlecht Belgium September 10 1964 Anderlecht Belgium 1939 1947 1948 1949 1950 1955 1956 378 Hu Shih December 17 1891 Songjiang China February 24 1962 Taipei Taiwan 1939 1957 First Chinese nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 379 Maria Dabrowska October 6 1889 Russow Poland May 19 1965 Warsaw Poland 1939 1957 1959 1960 1965 380 1940 1949 Edit 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes1940 Gabriela Mistral April 7 1889 Vicuna Chile January 10 1957 New York United States 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature 381 Alfonso Strafile 1872 Cerignola Italy Italy 1940 382 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Gosta Albert Carlberg September 23 1909 Norrkoping Sweden March 13 1973 Stockholm Sweden 1940 383 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Bert Bailey June 11 1868 Auckland New Zealand March 30 1953 Darlinghurst Australia 1940 384 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Edmund Blunden November 1 1896 London England January 20 1974 Long Melford England 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 385 Carl Sandburg January 6 1878 Illinois United States July 22 1967 North Carolina United States 1940 1947 1949 1952 1953 1958 1959 386 Lin Yutang October 10 1895 Zhangzhou China March 26 1976 Hong Kong 1940 1950 1970 1972 387 1941 Manoel Cyrillo Wanderley prob Manuel Bandeira 1886 1968 Brazil Brazil 1941 388 Nominated by member of the Brasilian Academy Archbishop of Cuiaba Francisco Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Ruth Comfort Young July 21 1882 California United States February 18 1954 California United States 1941 389 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Branislav Petronijevic March 25 1875 Sovljak Serbia March 4 1954 Belgrade Serbia 1941 1947 390 1942 Sigfrid Siwertz January 24 1882 Stockholm Sweden November 26 1970 Stockholm Sweden 1942 391 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Nikolai Berdyaev March 18 1874 Kiev Ukraine March 24 1948 Clamart France 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 392 Teixeira de Pascoaes November 2 1877 Amarante Portugal December 14 1952 Amarante Portugal 1942 1943 1944 1947 1948 393 Charles Langbridge Morgan January 22 1894 Bromley England February 6 1958 London England 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 394 Enrique Larreta March 4 1875 Buenos Aires Argentina July 6 1961 Buenos Aires Argentina 1942 1943 1944 1950 395 Hans Carossa December 15 1878 Bad Tolz Germany September 12 1956 Lower Bavaria Germany 1942 1949 1950 1952 1955 1956 396 1943 John Steinbeck February 27 1902 California United States December 20 1968 New York United States 1943 1944 1945 1949 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature 397 Sri Aurobindo August 15 1872 Kolkata India December 5 1950 Puducherry India 1943 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 398 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Franz Werfel September 10 1890 Prague Czechia August 26 1945 California United States 1943 1945 399 Franz Hellens September 8 1881 Brussels Belgium January 20 1972 Brussels Belgium 1943 1948 1958 1954 400 Elisaveta Bagryana April 16 1893 Sofia Bulgaria March 23 1991 Sofia Bulgaria 1943 1944 1945 1969 401 1944 Abol Gassem E tessam Zadeh Iran Iran 1944 402 Luis Nueda y Santiago 1883 Madrid Spain 1952 Madrid Spain 1944 403 Charles Ferdinand Ramuz September 24 1878 Lausanne Switzerland May 23 1947 Pully Switzerland 1944 1945 1946 1947 404 Arnulf Overland April 27 1889 Kristiansund Norway March 25 1968 Oslo Norway 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1965 1966 1967 405 1945 Thomas Sterns Eliot September 26 1888 Missouri United States January 4 1965 Kensington England 1945 1946 1947 1948 Won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature 406 Yiorgos Theotokas April 27 1906 Constantinople Turkey October 30 1966 Athens Greece 1945 407 Edward Morgan Forster January 1 1879 London England June 7 1970 Coventry England 1945 1946 1950 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 408 409 Marie Under March 27 1883 Reval Estonia September 25 1980 Stockholm Sweden 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1955 1958 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 410 1946 Andre Gide November 22 1869 Paris France February 19 1951 Paris France 1946 1947 Won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature 411 Francois Mauriac October 11 1885 Bordeaux France September 1 1970 Paris France 1946 1949 1950 1952 Won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature 412 Winston Churchill November 30 1874 Blenheim Palace England January 24 1965 Kensington England 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature 413 Boris Pasternak February 10 1890 Moscow Russia May 30 1960 Moscow Russia 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1957 1958 Won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature 414 Herbert John Clifford Grierson January 16 1866 Lerwick Scotland February 19 1960 Cambridge England 1946 415 Sholem Asch November 1 1880 Kutno Poland July 10 1957 London England 1946 1947 416 Angelos Sikelianos March 28 1884 Lefkada Greece June 19 1951 Athens Greece 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 417 Ignazio Silone May 1 1900 Pescina Italy August 22 1978 Geneva Switzerland 1946 1947 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1969 418 Tarjei Vesaas August 20 1897 Vinje Norway March 15 1970 Oslo Norway 1946 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 419 1947 Par Lagerkvist May 23 1891 Vaxjo Sweden July 11 1974 Lidingo Sweden 1947 1949 1950 1951 Won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature 420 Ernest Hemingway July 21 1899 Illinois United States July 2 1961 Idaho United States 1947 1950 1953 1954 Won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature 421 Mikhail Sholokhov May 24 1905 Vyoshenskaya Russia February 21 1984 Vyoshenskaya Russia 1947 1948 1949 1950 1955 1956 1958 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature 422 423 Shmuel Yosef Agnon August 8 1887 Buchach Ukraine February 17 1970 Jerusalem Israel 1947 1948 1951 1965 1966 Won the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature with Nelly Sachs 424 Bernard O Dowd April 11 1866 Beaufort Australia September 1 1953 Melbourne Australia 1947 425 Horace Kallen August 11 1882 Bierutow Poland February 16 1974 Florida United States 1947 426 Gregorios Xenopoulos December 9 1867 Constantinople Turkey January 14 1951 Athens Greece 1947 427 Toyohiko Kagawa July 10 1888 Hyogo Japan April 23 1960 Tokyo Japan 1947 1948 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 428 Georgios Drosinis December 9 1859 Athens Greece January 3 1951 Kifisia Greece 1947 1948 429 Nikos Kazantzakis February 18 1883 Heraklion Greece October 26 1957 Freiburg im Breisgau Germany 1947 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 430 Andre Malraux November 3 1901 Paris France November 23 1976 Creteil France 1947 1948 1949 1952 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 431 1948 Halldor Laxness April 23 1902 Reykjavik Iceland February 8 1998 Reykjavik Iceland 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature 432 Sidonie Gabrielle Colette January 28 1873 Saint Sauveur en Puisaye France August 3 1954 Paris France 1948 433 Dorothy Canfield Fisher February 17 1879 Kansas United States November 9 1958 Vermont United States 1948 1949 434 George Santayana December 16 1863 Madrid Spain September 26 1952 Rome Italy 1948 1949 435 Zalman Shneur ca 1887 Shkloŭ Belarus February 20 1959 New York United States 1948 1951 1952 1953 1956 1957 436 437 George Macauley Trevelyan February 16 1876 Stratford upon Avon England July 21 1962 Cambridge England 1948 1955 1956 1957 1960 438 Riccardo Bacchelli April 19 1891 Bologna Italy October 8 1985 Monza Italy 1948 1949 1954 1957 1958 1970 1971 1972 439 1949 William Faulkner September 25 1897 Mississippi United States July 6 1962 Mississippi United States 1949 1950 Won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 440 Albert Camus November 7 1913 Algiers Algeria January 4 1960 Villeblevin France 1949 1950 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 Won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature 441 Jacinto Grau ca 1877 Barcelona Spain August 14 1958 Buenos Aires Argentina 1949 442 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Reinaldo Temprano Azcona 1911 Pajares de la Lampreana Spain 1954 Spain 1949 443 Nobel Prize in Literature has not been awarded this year Leonid Leonov May 31 1899 Moscow Russia August 8 1994 Moscow Russia 1949 1950 444 Enrique Gonzalez Martinez April 13 1871 Guadalajara Mexico February 19 1952 Mexico City Mexico 1949 1952 445 Alfonso Reyes May 17 1889 Monterrey Mexico December 27 1959 Mexico City Mexico 1949 1953 1956 1958 1959 First Mexican nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 446 Sean O Casey March 30 1880 Dublin Ireland September 18 1964 Torquay England 1949 1950 1955 1957 1959 1961 1962 1963 447 Taha Hussein November 15 1889 Maghagha Egypt October 28 1973 Cairo Egypt 1949 1950 1951 1952 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1972 First Egyptian nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 448 Alberto Moravia November 28 1907 Rome Italy September 26 1990 Rome Italy 1949 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 449 1950 1959 Edit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes1950 Bertrand Russell May 18 1872 Trellech Wales February 2 1970 Penrhyndeudraeth Wales 1950 Won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature 450 Edward Plunkett 18th Baron of Dunsany July 24 1878 London England October 25 1957 Dublin Ireland 1950 451 Leopold Staff November 14 1878 Lviv Ukraine May 31 1957 Skarzysko Kamienna Poland 1950 452 Thomas Head Raddall November 13 1903 Hythe England April 1 1994 Liverpool England 1950 453 Albert Steffen December 10 1884 Wynau Switzerland July 13 1963 Dornach Switzerland 1950 454 John Dewey October 20 1859 Vermont United States June 1 1952 New York United States 1950 455 Hermann Broch November 1 1886 Vienna Austria May 30 1951 Connecticut United States 1950 456 Julio Dantas May 19 1876 Lagos Portugal May 25 1962 Lisbon Portugal 1950 1951 457 Alfred Noyes September 16 1880 Wolverhampton England June 25 1958 Isle of Wight England 1950 1951 458 Jakobus Cornelis Bloem May 10 1887 Oudshoorn Netherlands August 10 1966 Kalenberg Netherlands 1950 1952 459 Arnold Joseph Toynbee April 14 1889 London England October 22 1975 York England 1950 1957 460 Karl Jaspers February 23 1883 Oldenburg Germany February 26 1969 Basel Switzerland 1950 1960 461 Karen Blixen April 17 1885 Rungsted Denmark September 7 1962 Rungsted Denmark 1950 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 462 Gertrud von Le Fort October 11 1876 Minden Germany November 1 1971 Oberstdorf Germany 1950 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 463 464 Robert Frost March 26 1874 California United States January 29 1963 Massachusetts United States 1950 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 465 Martin Buber February 8 1878 Vienna Austria June 13 1965 Jerusalem Israel 1950 1954 1958 1959 1962 1963 1964 1965 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 466 Robert Graves July 24 1895 Wimbledon England December 7 1985 Deia Spain 1950 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 467 Simon Vestdijk October 17 1898 Harlingen Netherlands March 23 1971 Utrecht Netherlands 1950 1952 1955 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 468 Mika Waltari September 19 1908 Helsinki Finland August 26 1979 Helsinki Finland 1950 1951 1952 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 469 Graham Greene October 2 1904 Berkhamsted England April 3 1991 Vevey Switzerland 1950 1952 1953 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 470 1951 Ezequiel Martinez Estrada September 14 1895 Buenos Aires Argentina November 4 1964 Bahia Blanca Argentina 1951 471 Sotiris Skipis ca 1881 Athens Greece September 29 1952 Provence France 1951 472 Katharine Susannah Prichard December 4 1883 Levuka Fiji October 2 1969 Greenmount Australia 1951 473 Maria Enriqueta Camarillo February 19 1872 Coatepec Mexico February 13 1968 Mexico City Mexico 1951 474 Romulo Gallegos August 2 1884 Caracas Venezuela April 5 1969 Caracas Venezuela 1951 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 475 Jose Maria Ferreira de Castro May 24 1898 Ossela Portugal June 29 1974 Porto Portugal 1951 1952 1969 1970 476 477 1952 Juan Ramon Jimenez December 24 1881 Moguer Spain May 29 1958 San Juan Puerto Rico 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature 478 Albert Schweitzer January 14 1875 Kaysersberg Vignoble France September 4 1965 Lambarene Gabon 1952 Won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize 479 John Dover Wilson July 13 1881 London England January 15 1969 Balerno Scotland 1952 480 Charles Plisnier December 13 1896 Ghlin Belgium July 17 1952 Brussels Belgium 1952 Died before the only chance to be rewarded 481 Paul Vialar September 18 1898 Saint Denis France January 8 1996 Vaucresson France 1952 482 Louis Artus January 10 1870 Paris France May 11 1960 Paris France 1952 483 Van Wyck Brooks February 16 1886 New Jersey United States May 2 1963 Connecticut United States 1952 484 Walter de la Mare April 25 1873 London England June 22 1956 Twickenham England 1952 1953 485 Julien Benda December 26 1867 Paris France June 7 1956 Fontenay aux Roses France 1952 1953 1954 1955 486 Werner Bergengruen September 16 1892 Riga Latvia September 4 1964 Baden Baden Germany 1952 1953 1959 1960 1963 487 488 Salvador de Madariaga July 23 1886 A Coruna Spain December 14 1978 Muralto Switzerland 1952 1963 1971 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too 489 1953 Gottfried Benn May 2 1886 Putlitz Germany July 97 1956 Berlin Germany 1953 1954 1955 1956 490 Max Mell November 10 1882 Maribor Slovenia December 12 1971 Vienna Austria 1953 1954 1960 1962 491 Alberto Hidalgo Lobato May 23 1897 Arequipa Peru November 12 1967 Buenos Aires Argentina 1953 1966 1968 492 1954 Jaroslav Seifert September 23 1901 Prague Czechia January 10 1986 Prague Czechia 1954 1968 1969 Won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature 493 Ricardo Rojas September 16 1882 Tucuman Argentina July 29 1957 Buenos Aires Argentina 1954 494 Gustave Vanzype June 10 1869 Brussels Belgium September 12 1955 Brussels Belgium 1954 495 Georgios Vouyouklatis 1903 Greece 1956 Paris France 1954 496, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | |