List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature

Many widely read writers, such as Leo Tolstoy, never won the Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors who, according to the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the benefactor of the prize, have produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".[1] It is one of the five Nobel Prizes that are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.[2]

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 in which the prize was not conferred due to particular reasons (1914, 1918, 1935) and due to the outbreak of World War II (19401943). In addition, 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 1974 are available.[4][5] Between those years, there have been 853 writers from different parts of the world nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 72 of whom were awarded the prize,[6] including Albert Schweitzer, who was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1953. 19 more writers from these nominees were awarded after 1974 including Elie Wiesel who was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize on 1986. Only 82 women had been nominated for the prize starting with Malwida von Meysenburg who was nominated once for the year 1901[7] and eight of them have been awarded after all. Only one literary society has been nominated, the Pali Text Society for the year 1916. Of the 853 revealed nominated writers, only the following are currently living:

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, Robert Hugh Benson, Franz Kafka, Fernando Pessoa, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Blok, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, Rainer Maria Rilke, Federico García Lorca, Lu Xun, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Edmund Husserl, 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, Manuel Bandeira, Jack Kerouac, Nancy Mitford, Rosario Castellanos, Hannah Arendt and Agatha Christie.[9][10][11]

Nominees by their first nomination

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1901–1909

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Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1901
Sully Prudhomme 16 March 1839
Paris, France
6 September 1907
Châtenay-Malabry, Paris, France
1901 Awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize in Literature.[12]
Frédéric Mistral 8 September 1830
Maillane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
25 March 1914
Maillane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 Shared the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature with José Echegaray.[13]
Henryk Sienkiewicz 5 May 1846
Wola Okrzejska, Gmina Krzywda, Poland
15 November 1916
Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 Awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature.[14]
René Vallery-Radot[a] 1 October 1853
Paris, France
24 January 1933
Paris, France
1901 [16]
Edmond Rostand[b] 1 April 1868
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
2 December 1918
Paris, France
1901 [17]
Julius Gersdorff[c] 15 June 1849
Szczecin, Poland
7 November 1907
Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
1901 Nominated by Carl Heinrich Döring (1834–1916) the only time.[18]
Oscar le Pin[d] 23 June 1838
Saint Petersburg, Russia
16 November 1912
Geneva, Switzerland
1901 Nominated by P. L. Bonnaviat (?) the only time.[19]
Louis Ducros[e] 27 December 1846
Nîmes, France
1927
Strasbourg, France[20]
1901 Nominated by Michel Clerc (1857–1931) the only time .[21]
Carl Gustaf Estlander[f] 31 January 1834
Kristinestad, Finland
28 August 1910
Helsinki, Finland
1901 Nominated by Johan Gustaf Frosterus (1826–1901) the only time.[22]
Auguste Sabatier[g] 22 October 1839
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France
12 April 1901
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
1901 Nominated by Gabriel Monod (1844–1912) the only time.[23]
Died before his only chance to be awarded.
Paul Duproix[h] 14 August 1851
Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France
24 January 1912
Geneva, Switzerland
1901 Nominated by Émile Redard (1848–1913) the only time.[24]
Charles Borgeaud[i] 15 August 1861
Le Sentier, Vaud, Switzerland
6 October 1940
Onex, Switzerland
1901 [25]
Charles Renouvier[j] 1 January 1815
Montpellier, Hérault, France
1 September 1903
Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
1901 Nominated by Antoine Benoist (1846–1922) the only time.[26]
Giacomo Stampa[k] 1901 Nominated by Ármin Vámbéry (1832–1913) the only time.[27]
Ossip Lourié[l] 28 January 1868
Dubroŭna, Belarus
2 July 1955
Paris, France
1901 Nominated by Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars (1868–1917) the only time.[28]
João da Câmara[m] 27 December 1852
Lisbon, Portugal
2 January 1908
Lisbon, Portugal
1901 Nominated by Joaquim José Coelho de Carvalho (1855–1934) the only time.[29]
Malwida von Meysenbug[n] 28 October 1816
Kassel, Hesse, Germany
23 April 1903
Rome, Italy
1901 Nominated by Gabriel Monod (1844–1912) the only time through Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910).[30]
Émile Zola[o] 2 April 1840
Paris, France
29 September 1902
Paris, France
1901, 1902 Nominated by Marcellin Berthelot (1827–1907) each time.[31]
Ferenc Kemény[p] 17 July 1860
Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia
21 November 1944
Budapest, Hungary
1901, 1902 [32]
Gaston Paris[q] 9 August 1839
Avenay-Val-d'Or, Marne, France
5 March 1903
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1901, 1902, 1903 Nominated by Fredrik Wulff (1845–1930) each time.[33]
Gaspar Núñez de Arce[r] 4 August 1834
Valladolid, Spain
9 June 1903
Madrid, Spain
1901, 1902, 1903 [34]
Alexander Baumgartner[s] 27 June 1841
St. Gallen, Switzerland
5 October 1910
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
1901, 1902, 1903 Nominated by Knud Karl Krogh-Tonning (1842–1911) each time.[35]
Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol[t] 23 March 1847
Iași, Romania
27 February 1920
Bucharest, Romania
1901, 1909 Nominated by Ion Găvănescu (1859–1949) each time.[36]
Antonio Fogazzaro[u] 25 March 1842
Vicenza, Italy
7 March 1911
Vicenza, Italy
1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911 [37]
Paul Sabatier[v] 3 August 1858
Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux, Ardèche, France
4 March 1928
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
1901, 1902, 1903, 1924, 1925 Nominated by Carl Bildt (1850–1931) each time.[38]
1902
Theodor Mommsen 30 November 1817
Garding, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1 November 1903
Berlin, Germany
1902 Awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature.[39]
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 8 December 1832
Kvikne, Norway
26 April 1910
Paris, France
1902, 1903 Awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature and nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[40]
José Echegaray 19 April 1832
Madrid, Spain
14 September 1916
Madrid, Spain
1902, 1903, 1904 Shared the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature with Frédéric Mistral.[41]
Giosuè Carducci 27 July 1835
Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
16 February 1907
Bologna, Italy
1902, 1903, 1905, 1906 Awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature.[42]
Gerhart Hauptmann 15 November 1862
Szczawno-Zdrój, Wałbrzych, Poland
6 June 1946
Jelenia Góra, Poland
1902, 1906, 1912 Awarded the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature.[43]
William Butler Yeats 13 June 1865
Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
28 January 1939
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1902, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923 Awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature.[44]
Anatoly Koni[w] 28 January 1844
Saint Petersburg, Russia
17 September 1927
Saint Petersburg, Russia
1902 Nominated by Anton Karlovich Wulfert (1843–1918) the only time.[45]
Ventura Fernández López[x] 14 July 1866
Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Cantabria, Spain
17 November 1944
Toledo, Spain
1902 Nominated by Emmanuel Casado Salas (?) the only time.[46]
Carl Weitbrecht 8 December 1847
Althengstett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
10 June 1904
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1902 Nominated by Hermann Fischer (1851–1920) the only time.[47]
Hartmann Grisar[y] 22 September 1845
Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
25 February 1932
Innsbruck, Austria
1902 Nominated by Knud Karl Krogh-Tonning (1842–1911) the only time.[48]
Herbert Spencer 27 April 1820
Derby, Derbyshire, England
8 December 1903
Brighton, East Sussex, England
1902 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[49]
Bernard Bosanquet 14 June 1848
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
8 February 1923
London, England
1902 Nominated by William Macneile Dixon (1866–1946) the only time.[50]
Marcel Barrière[z] 3 November 1860
Limoux, Aude, France
18 February 1954
Paris, France
1902 Nominated by Émile Faguet (1847–1916) the only time.[51]
Gustav Falke[aa] 11 January 1853
Lübeck, Germany
8 February 1916
Marburg, Hesse, Germany
1902 Nominated by August Sauer (1855–1926) the only time.[52]
Archibald Robertson[ab] 29 June 1853
Sywell, Northamptonshire, England
29 January 1931
Oxford, England
1902 Nominated by John Wesley Hales (1836–1914) the only time.[53]
Henrik Ibsen 20 March 1828
Skien, Telemark, Norway
23 May 1906
Oslo, Norway
1902, 1903, 1904 [54]
Houston Stewart Chamberlain[ac] 9 September 1855
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
9 January 1927
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
1902, 1906 [55]
Leo Tolstoy[ad] 9 September 1828
Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Oblast, Russia
20 November 1910
Astapovo, Russia
1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[56]
George Meredith 12 February 1828
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
18 May 1909
Box Hill, Surrey, England
1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907 [57]
Lewis Morris[ae] 23 January 1833
Carmarthen, Wales
12 November 1907
Penbryn, Ceredigion, Wales
1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 [58]
Theodor Zahn[af] 10 October 1838
Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5 March 1933
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
1902, 1904, 1908 Nominated by Lars Dahle (1843–1925) each time.[59]
Charles Wagner[ag] 3 January 1852
Vibersviller, Moselle, France
12 May 1918
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
1902, 1903, 1909 [60]
John Morley[ah] 24 December 1838
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
23 September 1923
London, England
1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 [61]
Juhani Aho[ai] 11 September 1861
Lapinlahti, Finland
8 August 1921
Helsinki, Finland
1902, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 [62]
Arne Garborg[aj] 25 January 1851
Jæren, Norway
14 January 1924
Asker, Norway
1902, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921 [63]
1903
Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
18 January 1936
London, England
1903, 1904, 1905, 1907 Awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature.[64]
Maurice Maeterlinck 29 August 1862
Ghent, Belgium
6 May 1949
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1903, 1904, 1909, 1910, 1911 Awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature.[65]
François Coppée 26 January 1842
Paris, France
23 May 1908
Paris, France
1903 Nominated by Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) the only time.[66]
Carl Friedrich Glasenapp[ak] 3 October 1847
Riga, Latvia
14 April 1915
Riga, Latvia
1903 [67]
Robert Langton Douglas[al] 1 March 1864
Lavenham, Cheshire, England
14 August 1951
Fiesole, Florence Italy
1903, 1904 [68]
Albert Sorel[am] 13 August 1842
Honfleur, Calvados, France
29 June 1906
Paris, France
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 [69]
Iwan Gilkin[an] 7 January 1858
Brussels, Belgium
28 September 1924
Brussels, Belgium
1903, 1909 [70]
Algernon Charles Swinburne 5 April 1837
London, England
10 April 1909
London, England
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 [71]
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo 3 November 1856
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
19 May 1912
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
1903, 1905, 1907, 1910 [72]
Georg Brandes 4 February 1842
Copenhagen, Denmark
19 February 1927
Copenhagen, Denmark
1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[73]
1904
Selma Lagerlöf 20 November 1858
Värmland, Sweden
16 March 1940
Värmland, Sweden
1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 Awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature.[74]
Anatole France 16 April 1844
Paris, France
12 October 1924
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre-et-Loire, France
1904, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1921 Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature.[75]
Émilie Lerou[ao] 10 April 1855
Penne-d'Agenais, Lot-et-Garonne, France
10 February 1935
Valence d'Agen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
1904 Nominated by Jules Claretie (1840–1913) the only time.[76]
Demetrios Bernardakis 3 December 1833
Mitilini, Greece
12 January 1907
Mitilini, Greece
1904, 1905 Nominated by Athanasios Bernardakis (1844–1912) each time.[77]
Jaroslav Vrchlický 17 February 1853
Louny, Czech Republic
9 September 1912
Domažlice, Czech Republic
1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912 [78]
William Chapman[ap] 13 December 1850
Beauceville, Quebec, Canada
23 February 1917
Ottawa, Canada
1904, 1910, 1912, 1917 [79]
1905
Eliza Orzeszkowa 6 June 1841
Mil'kovshchina, Belarus
18 May 1910
Grodno, Belarus
1905 [80]
Godfrey Sweven[aq] 5 May 1845
Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
18 January 1935
Christchurch, New Zealand
1905 John Macmillan Brown has only been nominated under the pseudonym Godfrey Sweven.[81][82]
1906
Louis Franck 28 November 1868
Antwerp, Belgium
31 December 1937
Wijnegem, Belgium
1906 Nominated by Ernest Nys (1851–1920) the only time.[83]
Gaston Boissier 15 August 1823
Nîmes, Gard, France
10 June 1908
Viroflay, Yvelines, France
1906 Nominated by Jacobus Johannaes Hartmann (1851–1924) the only time.[84]
William J. Neidig[ar] April 1870
Iowa, United States
1955
Henry, Ohio, United States
1906 Nominated by Henry Burrowes Lathrop (1867–1936) the only time.[85]
Max Bewer[as] 19 January 1861
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
13 October 1921
Meissen, Saxony, Germany
1906 [86]
Pedro Pablo Figueroa 25 December 1857
Copiapó, Chile
4 January 1909
Santiago, Chile
1906[at] Nominated by Leonardo Eliz (1861–1939) the only time.[87]
Max Haushofer Jr.[au] 23 April 1840
Munich, Germany
10 April 1907
Bolzano, Italy
1906[av] Nominated by Emil Milan (1859–1917) the only time.[88]
William Booth[aw] 10 April 1829
Nottingham, England
20 August 1912
London, England
1906[ax] Nominated by Otto Classen (1868–1939) the only time.[89]
Joseph Viktor Widmann[ay] 20 February 1842
Brno, Czechia
6 November 1911
Bern, Switzerland
1906, 1908 [90]
George Lansing Raymond[az] 3 September 1839
Chicago, Illinois, United States
11 July 1929
Washington, D.C., United States
1906, 1907, 1908 [91]
Angelo de Gubernatis 7 April 1840
Turin, Italy
26 February 1913
Rome, Italy
1906, 1907, 1909 [92]
Borden Parker Bowne 14 January 1847
Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
1 April 1910
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1906, 1907, 1909 [93]
1907
João Bonança[ba] ca. 1836
Lagos, Portugal
13 April 1924
Lisbon, Portugal
1907 Nominated by Teófilo Braga (1843–1924) the only time.[94]
Holger Drachmann 9 October 1846
Copenhagen, Denmark
14 January 1908
Hornbæk, Denmark
1907 Nominated by Harald Høffding (1843–1931) the only time.[95]
Ian Maclaren 3 November 1850
Manningtree, Essex, England
6 May 1907
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States
1907 Nominated by Waldemar Rudin (1833–1921) the only time.[96]
Died before his only chance to be awarded.
Andrés Manjón 30 November 1846
Sargentes de la Lora, Burgos, Spain
10 July 1923
Granada, Spain
1907 Nominated by Angel Sanchez Rubio Ibanez (1852–1910) the only time.[97]
Eduardo Benot 26 November 1822
Cádiz, Spain
27 July 1907
Madrid, Spain
1907 Nominated by Daniel Cortázar Larrubia (1844–1927) the only time.[98]
Died before his only chance to be awarded.
Mark Twain 30 November 1835
Florida, Missouri, United States
21 April 1910
Redding, Connecticut, United States
1907,[bb] 1908[bb]
Georgios Souris[bc] 2 February 1853
Ermoupoli, Greece
26 August 1919
Athens, Greece
1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912 [101]
Àngel Guimerà 6 May 1835
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
18 July 1924
Barcelona, Spain
1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 [102]
Paul Bourget 2 September 1852
Amiens, Somme, France
25 December 1935
Paris, France
1907, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1928 [103]
1908
Rudolf Christoph Eucken 5 January 1846
Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany
15 September 1926
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
1908 Nominated by Vitalis Norström (1856–1916) the only time and awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature.[104]
Julio Calcaño[bd] 4 December 1840
Caracas, Venezuela
18 August 1918
Caracas, Venezuela
1908 Nominated by José María Manrique (1846–1907) the only time.[105]
Alfred L. Hutchinson[be] 1859
Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
August 1930
Weyauwega, Wisconsin, United States
1908 Nominated by Luther Lamphere Wright (1856–1922).[106]
Edmondo De Amicis 21 October 1846
Oneglia, Imperia, Italy
11 March 1908
Bordighera, Imperia, Italy
1908 Died before his only chance to be awarded.[107]
Adolf von Harnack 7 May 1851
Tartu, Estonia
10 June 1930
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1908, 1916 [108]
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche 10 July 1846
Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
8 November 1935
Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
1908, 1916, 1917, 1923 [109]
1909
Verner von Heidenstam 6 July 1859
Olshammar, Askersund, Sweden
20 May 1940
Övralid, Östergötland, Sweden
1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916 Awarded the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature.[110]
Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé 25 February 1848
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
29 March 1910
Paris, France
1909 Nominated by Albert Vandal (1853–1910) the only time.[111]
Martin Greif June 18, 1839
Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
April 1, 1911
Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria
1909, 1910, 1911 [112]
Francesco D'Ovidio[bf] 5 December 1849
Campobasso, Italy
24 November 1925
Naples, Italy
1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 Nominated by Ernesto Monaci (1844–1918) each time.[113]
Ernest Lavisse 17 December 1842
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France
18 August 1922
Paris, France
1909, 1910, 1911,[bg] 1912, 1913 [114]
Salvador Rueda 3 December 1857
Macharaviaya, Málaga, Spain
1 April 1933
Málaga, Spain
1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915 [115]
Émile Verhaeren 21 May 1855
Sint-Amands, Antwerp, Belgium
27 November 1916
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
1909, 1912, 1915, 1916 [116]

1910–1919

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Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1910
Paul Heyse 13 March 1830
Berlin, Germany
2 April 1914
Munich, Germany
1910 Awarded the 1910 Nobel Prize in Literature.[117]
Gustav Warneck 6 March 1834
Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
26 December 1910
Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
1910 [118]
Wilhelm Benignus 17 February 1861
Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5 June 1930
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
1910 Nominated by Marion Dexter Learned (1857–1917) the only time.[119]
Alfred Fouillée 18 October 1838
Erdre-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France
16 June 1912
Lyon, France
1910 Nominated by Carl David af Wirsén (1842–1912) the only time.[120]
Édouard Rod 31 March 1857
Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
29 January 1910
Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1910 Nominated by Edmond Rossier (1865–1945) the only time.[121]
Died before his chance to be considered.
William Dean Howells 1 March 1837
Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States
11 May 1920
New York City, United States
1910 Nominated by Brander Matthews (1852–1929) the only time.[122]
Robert Bridges 23 October 1844
Walmer, Kent, England
21 April 1930
Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England
1910 Nominated by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) the only time.[123]
Andrew Lang 31 March 1844
Selkirk, Scotland
20 July 1912
Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1910 Nominated by Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) the only time.[124]
Molly Elliot Seawell 23 October 1860
Gloucester, Virginia, United States
15 November 1916
Washington, D.C., United States
1910, 1911 Nominated by Charles W. Kent (1860–1917) each time.[125]
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 13 September 1830
Troubky-Zdislavice, Kroměříž, Czech Republic
12 March 1916
Vienna, Austria
1910, 1911 Nominated by Emil Reich (1854–1910) each time.[126]
Pierre Loti 14 January 1850
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
20 June 1923
Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 [127]
Thomas Hardy 2 June 1840
Stinsford, Dorset, England
11 January 1928
Dorchester, Dorset, England
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 [128]
1911
Karl Adolph Gjellerup 2 June 1857
Roholte, Faxe, Denmark
13 October 1919
Dresden, Germany
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 Shared the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature with Henrik Pontoppidan[129]
George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856
Dublin, Ireland
2 November 1950
Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England
1911, 1912, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926 Awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926.[130]
Albert de Mun 28 February 1841
Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, Seine-et-Marne, France
6 October 1914
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
1911 Nominated by René Bazin (1853–1932) the only time.[131]
Gustaf Fröding 22 August 1860
Alster, Karlstad, Sweden
8 February 1911
Stockholm, Sweden
1911 Died before his only chance to be awarded.[132]
August Strindberg 22 January 1849
Stockholm, Sweden
14 May 1912
Stockholm, Sweden
1911[bh] Nominated by Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931) the only time.[133]
Rafael Altamira y Crevea 10 February 1866
Alicante, Spain
1 June 1951
Mexico City, Mexico
1911, 1912 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[134]
Henry James 15 April 1843
New York City, United States
28 February 1916
London, England
1911, 1912, 1916 [135]
Harald Høffding 11 March 1843
Copenhagen, Denmark
2 July 1931
Copenhagen, Denmark
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916 [136]
Peter Rosegger 31 July 1843
Krieglach, Styria, Austria
26 June 1918
Krieglach, Styria]], Austria
1911, 1913, 1918 [137]
Ernst von der Recke 14 August 1848
Copenhagen, Denmark
2 December 1933
Ålsgårde, Zealand, Denmark
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1930 [138]
Karl Schönherr 24 February 1867
Axams, Tyrol, Austria
15 March 1943
Vienna, Austria
1911, 1912, 1933, 1938 [139]
1912
Carl Spitteler 24 April 1845
Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
29 December 1924
Lucerne, Switzerland
1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 Awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.[140]
Henri Bergson 18 October 1859
Paris, France
4 January 1941
Paris, France
1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1928 Awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.[141]
Pencho Slaveykov 27 April 1866
Tryavna, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
10 June 1912
Brunate, Como, Italy
1912 Nominated by Alfred Jensen (1859–1921) the only time.[142]
Died before his chance to be considered.
Sven Hedin 19 February 1865
Stockholm, Sweden
26 November 1952
Stockholm, Sweden
1912, 1913 Nominated by Fredrik Wulff (1845–1930) only.[143]
Jean-Henri Fabre 21 December 1823
Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France
11 October 1915
Sérignan-du-Comtat, Vaucluse, France
1912, 1914 [144]
Salvatore Farina 10 January 1846
Sorso, Sassari, Italy
15 December 1918
Milan, Italy
1912, 1913, 1914 [145]
Benito Pérez Galdós 10 May 1843
Las Palmas, Spain
4 January 1920
Madrid, Spain
1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 [146]
Adolf Frey 18 February 1855
Küttigen, Aargau, Switzerland
12 February 1920
Zürich, Switzerland
1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920 Nominated jointly with Carl Spitteler by Wilhelm Oechsli (1851–1919) each time.[147]
Hans E. Kinck 11 October 1865
Øksfjord, Loppa, Norway
13 October 1926
Oslo, Norway
1912, 1919, 1920, 1926 [148]
James George Frazer 1 January 1854
Glasgow, Scotland
7 May 1941
Cambridge, England
1912, 1926, 1928, 1935 [149]
1913
Rabindranath Tagore 7 May 1861
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
7 August 1941
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1913 Nominated by Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) the only time and awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.[150]
Henrik Pontoppidan 24 July 1857
Fredericia, Denmark
21 August 1943
Charlottenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1913, 1916, 1917 Shared the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature with Karl Adolph Gjellerup.[151]
Grazia Deledda 28 September 1871
Nuoro, Italy
15 August 1936
Rome, Italy
1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927 Awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927.[152]
Edward Dowden 3 May 1843
Cork, Ireland
4 April 1913
Dublin, Ireland
1913 Nominated by James Lindsay (1852–1923) the only time.[153]
Died before his chance to be considered.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 30 April 1834
London, England
28 May 1913
Broadstairs, Kent, England
1913 Nominated by Hans Hildebrand (1842–1913) the only time.[154]
Died before his chance to be considered.
Francis Welles 21 April 1887
Richmond, London, England
29 Aug 1956
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
1913 Nominated by Carveth Read (1848–1931) the only time.[155]
Émile Faguet 17 December 1847
La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France
7 June 1916
Paris, France
1913, 1914 [156]
Jakob Knudsen 14 September 1858
Rødding, Denmark
21 January 1917
Birkerød, Rudersdal, Denmark
1913, 1916 [157]
Edmond Picard 15 December 1836
Brussels, Belgium
19 February 1924
Namur, Belgium
1913, 1914, 1916, 1917 [158]
1914[bi]
Antonio Serra Morant 17 December 1866
Alicante, Spain
7 August 1939
Madrid, Spain
1914 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[159]
Josef Svatopluk Machar 29 February 1864
Kolín, Czech Republic
17 March 1942
Prague, Czechia
1914, 1915 [160]
René François Nicolas Marie Bazin 26 December 1853
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
20 July 1932
Paris, France
1914, 1915 [161]
Dora Melegari 27 June 1849
Lausanne, Switzerland
31 July 1924
Rome, Italy
1914, 1923 [162]
Willem Kloos 6 May 1859
Amsterdam, Netherlands
3 March 1938
The Hague, Netherlands
1914, 1915, 1925, 1926, 1928 [163]
Dmitry Merezhkovsky 2 August 1865
Saint Petersburg, Russia
9 December 1941
Paris, France
1914, 1915, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 [164]
Vilhelm Grønbech 14 June 1873
Allinge-Sandvig, Denmark
21 April 1948
Helsingør, Denmark
1914, 1915, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944 [165]
1915[bj]
Romain Rolland 29 January 1866
Clamecy, Nièvre, France
30 December 1944
Vézelay, Yonne, France
1915, 1916 Awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916.[166]
Charles Montagu Doughty 19 August 1843
Saxmundham, Suffolk, England
20 January 1926
Sissinghurst, Kent, England
1915 Nominated by Herbert Warren (1853–1930) the only time.[167]
Ferdinand Avenarius 20 December 1856
Berlin, Germany
22 September 1923
Kampen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1915, 1921 [168]
1916
Erik Axel Karlfeldt 20 July 1864
Avesta, Sweden
8 April 1931
Stockholm, Sweden
1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1929, 1931 Posthumously awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature.[169]
Rabindranath Datta 1 October 1883
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
6 July 1917
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1916 [170]
Ivan Franko 27 August 1856
Lviv, Ukraine
28 May 1916
Lviv, Ukraine
1916 Died before his only chance to be awarded.[171]
Gunnar Heiberg 18 November 1857
Oslo, Norway
22 February 1929
Oslo, Norway
1916 Nominated by Jens Thiis (1870–1942) the only time.[172]
Troels Troels-Lund 5 September 1840
Copenhagen, Denmark
12 February 1921
Copenhagen, Denmark
1916 Nominated by Frits Läffler (1847–1921) the only time.[173]
The Pāli Text Society[bk] founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids 1916 Nominated by Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843–1922) the only time.[174]
Otokar Březina 13 September 1868
Počátky, Pelhřimov, Czech Republic
25 March 1929
Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Třebíč, Czech Republic
1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928, 1929 [175]
Henrik Schück 2 November 1855
Stockholm, Sweden
3 October 1947
Uppsala, Sweden
1916, 1929 [176]
Per Hallström 29 September 1866
Stockholm, Sweden
18 February 1960
Nacka, Sweden
1916, 1919, 1931[bl] [177]
1917
Ivan Vazov 9 July 1850
Sopot, Bulgaria
22 September 1921
Sofia, Bulgaria
1917 Nominated by Ivan Shishmanov (1862–1928) the only time.[178]
Otto Ernst Schmidt
("Otto Ernst")
7 October 1862
Hamburg, Germany
5 March 1926
Hamburg, Germany
1917 Nominated by Per Hallström (1866–1960) the only time.[179]
Jeppe Aakjær 10 September 1866
Aakjaer, Denmark
22 April 1930
Roslev, Skive, Denmark
1917 Nominated by Christen Collin (1857–1926) the only time.[180]
Johan Bojer 6 March 1872
Orkdal, Norway
3 July 1959
Oslo, Norway
1917, 1925, 1929, 1932 [181]
Olaf Bull 10 November 1883
Oslo, Norway
29 June 1933
Oslo, Norway
1917, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932 [182]
Bertel Gripenberg 19 September 1878
Saint Petersburg, Russia
6 May 1947
Sävsjö, Sweden
1917, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937 [183]
1918[bi]
Knut Hamsun 4 August 1859
Lom, Norway
19 February 1952
Grimstad, Norway
1918, 1920 Awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature.[184]
Alois Jirásek 23 August 1851
Hronov, Náchod, Czech Republic
12 March 1930
Prague, Czech Republic
1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1930 [185]
Gustav Frenssen 19 October 1863
Barlt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
11 April 1945
Barlt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1918 Nominated jointly with Maxim Gorky (1868–1936) by Bengt Hesselman (1875–1952) the only time.[186]
Maxim Gorky 28 March 1868
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
18 June 1936
Moscow Oblast, Russia
1918, 1923, 1928, 1933 [187]
Gunnar Gunnarsson 18 May 1889
Fljótsdalur, Iceland
21 November 1975
Reykjavík, Iceland
1918, 1921, 1922, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1969 [188]
1919[bj]
Władysław Reymont 7 May 1867
Kobiele Wielkie, Radomsko, Poland
5 December 1925
Warsaw, Poland
1919, 1920, 1922, 1924 Awarded the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature.[189]
John Galsworthy 14 August 1867
Kingston upon Thames, England
31 January 1933
London, England
1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1931, 1932 Awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature.[190]
Ebenezer Howard 29 January 1850
London, England
1 May 1928
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
1919, 1920 Nominated by Christen Collin (1857–1926) each time.[191]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1 February 1874
Vienna, Austria
15 July 1929
Vienna, Austria
1919, 1924, 1926, 1927 [192]
Arno Holz 26 April 1863
Ketrzyn, Poland
26 October 1929
Berlin, Germany
1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 [193]

1920–1929

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Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1920
Wilbur Cortez Abbott 28 December 1869
Kokomo, Indiana, United States
3 February 1947
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1920 Nominated by Dana Carleton Munro (1866–1933) the only time[194]
1921
Jacinto Benavente 12 August 1866
Madrid, Spain
14 July 1954
Madrid, Spain
1921, 1922 Awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature.[195]
Émile Boutroux 28 July 1845
Montrouge, Seine, France
22 November 1921
Paris, France
1921 Nominated by Harald Hjärne (1848–1922) the one time.[196]
Jean Revel 22 September 1848
Conteville, Eure, France
4 May 1925
Conteville, Eure, France
1921 [197]
Stefan Żeromski 14 October 1864
Strawczyn, Kielce, Poland
20 November 1925
Warsaw, Poland
1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 [198]
Herbert George Wells 21 September 1866
Bromley, London, England
31 August 1946
London, England
1921, 1932, 1935, 1946 [199]
1922
Sigrid Undset 20 May 1882
Kalundborg, Denmark
10 June 1949
Lillehammer, Norway
1922, 1925, 1926, 1928 Awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.[200]
Darrell Figgis 17 September 1882
Dublin, Ireland
27 October 1925
Islington, London, England
1922 Nominated by Thomas Rudmose-Brown (1878–1942) the only time[201]
Georg von Below 19 January 1858
Gusev, Kaliningrad, Russia
20 October 1927
Badenweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1922 Nominated by Hermann Bächtold (1882–1934) the only time.[202]
Israel Zangwill 21 January 1864
London, England
1 August 1926
Midhurst, West Sussex, England
1922 Nominated by Adolf Noreen (1854–1925) the only time.[203]
Michael Sadleir 25 December 1888
Oxford, England
13 December 1957
London, England
1922 Nominated by Nobel Committee the only time[204]
Matilde Serao 7 March 1856
Patras, Greece
25 July 1927
Naples, Italy
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 [205]
Roberto Bracco 10 November 1861
Naples, Italy
2020 April 1943
Sorrento, Naples, Italy
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 [206]
Ludwig von Pastor 31 January 1854
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
30 September 1928
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929 [207]
William Ralph Inge 6 June 6, 1860
Crayke, Yorkshire, England
26 February 26, 1954
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
1922, 1923, 1929 Nominated by Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931) each time.[208]
Paul Ernst 7 March 1866
Elbingerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
13 May 1933
Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing, Styria, Austria
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 [209]
1923
Ivan Bunin 22 October 1870
Voronezh, Russia
8 November 1953
Paris, France
1923, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 Awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature.[210]
Konstantin Balmont 15 June 1867
Shuya, Ivanovo, Russia
23 December 1942
Paris, France
1923 Nominated by Romain Rolland (1866–1944) the one time[211]
Hermann Türck[212] 13 March 1856
Mayovka, Kaliningrad, Russia
30 April 1933
Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
1923, 1924 [213]
Einar H. Kvaran 6 December 1859
Vallanes, Fljótsdalshérað, Iceland
21 May 1938
Reykjavík, Iceland
1923, 1924 Nominated by Valtýr Guðmundsson (1860–1928) each time.[214]
Guglielmo Ferrero 21 July 1871
Portici, Naples Italy
3 August 1942
Mont Pèlerin, Vaud, Switzerland
1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1933 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[215]
1924
Thomas Mann 6 June 1875
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
21 August 1955
Zürich, Switzerland
1924, 1928, 1929, 1948 Awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature.[216]
Max Neuburger 8 December 1868
Vienna, Austria
15 March 1955
Vienna, Austria
1924 Nominated by Adolf Fonahn (1873–1940) the only time.[217]
Olav Duun 21 November 1876
Namsos, Norway
13 September 1939
Holmestrand, Norway
1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 [218]
1925[bj]
Johannes V. Jensen 20 January 1873
Farsø, Vesthimmerland, Denmark
25 November 1950
Copenhagen, Denmark
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 Awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature.[219]
Giovanni Schembari[220] 31 October 1894
Ragusa, Italy
November or December 1959
Hillside, Illinois, United States
1925 Nominated by Achille Loria (1857–1943) the only time[221]
Paul Elmer More 12 December 1864
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
9 March 1937
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
1925 Nominated by Nathan Söderblom (1866–1931) the only time.[222]
Paul Raynal 25 July 1885
Narbonne, Aude, France
18 August 1971
Paris, France
1925, 1926 Nominated by Tor Hedberg (1862–1931) each time.[223]
Ferenc Herczeg 22 September 1863
Vršac, Vojvodina, Serbia
24 February 1954
Budapest, Hungary
1925, 1926, 1927 [224]
Rudolf Maria Holzapfel 26 April 1874
Kraków, Poland
8 February 1930
Muri bei Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 [225]
1926[bj]
Arnold Bennett 27 May 1867
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
27 March 1931
London, England
1926 Nominated by Gerard De Geer (1858–1943) the only time.[226]
Pyotr Krasnov 22 September 1869
Saint Petersburg, Russia
16 January 1947
Moscow, Russia
1926 Nominated by Vladimir Andreevich Frantsev (1867–1942) the only time.[227]
Sofía Casanova 30 September 1861
Culleredo, A Coruña, Spain
16 January 1958
Poznań, Poland
1926 [228]
Vicente Huidobro 10 January 1893
Santiago, Chile
2 January 1948
Catagena, San Antonio, Chile
1926 Nominated by Enrique Nercasseau Morán (1854–1925) the only time.[229]
Avetis Aharonian 9 January 1866
Iğdır, Türkiye
20 March 1948
Paris, France
1926 Nominated by Antoine Meillet (1866–1936) the only time.[230]
Edvard Westermarck 20 November 1862
Helsinki, Finland
3 September 1939
Tenala, Uusimaa, Finland
1926, 1927 [231]
Ada Negri 3 February 1870
Lodi, Italy
11 January 1945
Milan, Italy
1926, 1927 [232]
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín 28 December 1855
Montevideo, Uruguay
3 November 1931
Montevideo, Uruguay
1926, 1928 [233]
Karl Kraus 28 April 1874
Jicin, Czech Republic
12 June 1936
Vienna, Austria
1926, 1928, 1930 [234]
Georg Bonne 12 August 1859
Hamburg, Germany
1 May 1945
Hamburg, Germany
1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[235]
J.-H. Rosny aîné 17 February 1856
Brussels, Belgium
11 February 1940
Paris, France
1926, 1928, 1933 [236]
Josip Kosor 27 January 1879
Drniš, Šibenik-Knin, Croatia
23 January 1961
Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia
1926, 1927, 1939 [237]
Kostis Palamas 13 January 1859
Patras, Greece
27 February 1943
Athens, Greece
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940 [238]
Johannes Jørgensen 6 November 1866
Svendborg, Denmark
29 May 1956
Svendborg, Denmark
1926, 1932, 1942, 1950 [239]
Concha Espina de la Serna 15 April 1869
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
19 May 1955
Madrid, Spain
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1952, 1954 [240]
Paul Claudel 6 August 1868
Villeneuve-sur-Fère, Aisne, France
23 February 1955
Paris, France
1926, 1937, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1955 [241]
1927[bj]
Cesare Pascarella 28 April 1858
Rome, Italy
9 May 1940
Rome, Italy
1927 [242]
Eduard Meyer 25 January 1855
Hamburg, Germany
31 August 1930
Berlin, Germany
1927 Nominated by Georg Wittrock (1876–1957) the only time.[243]
Samuel Parsons Scott 8 July 1846
Hillsboro, Ohio, United States
30 May 1929
Hillsboro, Ohio, United States
1927 Nominated by Edgar Ewing Brandon (1865–1957) the only time.[244]
Edith Wharton 24 January 1862
New York, United States
11 August 1937
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, Val-d'Oise, France
1927, 1928, 1930 [245]
Édouard Estaunié 4 February 1862
Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
2 April 1942
Paris, France
1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 Nominated by Erik Staaff (1867–1936) each time.[246]
Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer 30 December 1878
Budapest, Hungary
12 April 1962
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
1927, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 [247]
1928
Armando Palacio Valdés 4 October 1853
Entrialgo, Asturias, Spain
29 January 1938
Madrid, Spain
1928 [248]
Blanca de los Ríos 15 August 1859
Seville, Spain
13 April 1956
Madrid, Spain
1928 [249]
Edith Howes 29 August 1872
London, England
9 July 1954
Dunedin, New Zealand
1928 Nominated by Francis Prendeville Wilson (1874–?) the only time.[250]
Theodor Däubler 17 August 1876
Trieste, Italy
14 June 1934
Sankt Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1928 Nominated by Oskar Walzel (1864–1944) the only time.[251]
Frederik van Eeden 3 April 1860
Haarlem, Netherlands
16 June 1932
Bussum, Netherlands
1928 Nominated by Gerard Brom (1882–1959) the only time.[252]
Alf Larsen 22 July 1885
Tjøme, Vestfold, Norway
12 December 1967
Tjøme]], Vestfold, Norway
1928 Nominated by Alexander Seippel (1851–1938) the only time.[253]
Anna de Noailles 15 November 1876
Paris, France
30 April 1933
Paris, France
1928 Nominated by Tor Hedberg (1862–1931) the only time.[254]
Ivan Grozev 23 June 1872
Sofia, Bulgaria
10 January 1957
London, England
1928, 1929 Nominated by Mikhail Arnaudov (1878–1978) each time.[255]
Hans Driesch 28 October 1867
Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17 April 1941
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
1928, 1930, 1932 Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[256]
Rudolf Hans Bartsch 11 February 1873
Graz, Styria, Austria
7 February 1952
Graz, Styria, Austria
1928, 1929, 1930, 1933 [257]
Rufino Blanco Fombona 17 June 1874
Caracas, Venezuela
16 October 1944
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1935 [258]
Felix Timmermans 5 July 1886
Lier, Antwerp, Belgium
24 January 1947
Lier, Antwerp, Belgium
1928, 1940, 1941 [259]
Ricarda Huch 18 July 1864
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
17 November 1947
Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, Germany
1928, 1935, 1937, 1946 [260]
1929
Cale Young Rice 11 December 1872
Dixon, Kentucky, United States
24 January 1943
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
1929 Nominated by Edward Franklin Farquhar (1883–1960) the only time.[261]
Knud Rasmussen 7 June 1879
Ilulissat, Avannaata, Greenland
21 December 1933
Copenhagen, Denmark
1929 Nominated by William Thalbitzer (1873–1958) the only time.[262]
Stefan George 12 July 1868
Bingen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4 December 1933
Minusio, Ticino, Switzerland
1929, 1931 [263]
Edwin Arlington Robinson 22 December 1869
Head Tide, Maine, United States
6 April 1935
New York, United States
1929, 1930, 1932, 1934 Nominated by Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953) each time.[264]
Benedetto Croce 25 February 1866
Pescasseroli, L'Aquila, Italy
20 November 1952
Naples, Italy
1929, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952 [265]
Thornton Wilder 1897 April 1897
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
7 December 1975
Hamden, Connecticut, United States
1929, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 [266]

1930–1939

[edit]
Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1930
Sinclair Lewis 7 February 1885
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
10 January 1951
Rome, Italy
1930 Nominated by Henrik Schück (1855–1947) the only time and awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature.[267]
Frans Eemil Sillanpää 16 September 1888
Hämeenkyrö, Pirkanmaa, Finland
3 June 1964
Helsinki, Finland
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 Awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature.[268]
Clotilde Crespo de Arvelo September 19, 1887
Los Teques, Venezuela
20 June 1959
Caracas, Venezuela
1930 Nominated by Manuel María Villalobos (1858–1929) the only time.[269]
Manfred Kyber 1 March 1880
Riga, Latvia
10 March 1933
Löwenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1930 [270]
Arvid Järnefelt 16 November 1861
Saint Petersburg, Russia
27 December 1932
Helsinki, Finland
1930 Nominated by Oiva Tuulio (1878–1941) the only time.[271]
Yrjö Hirn 7 December 1870
Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
23 February 1952
Helsinki, Finland
1930 Nominated by Olaf Homén (1879–1949) the only time.[272]
Theodore Dreiser 27 August 1871
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
28 December 1945
Hollywood, California, United States
1930 Nominated by Anders Österling (1884–1981) the only time.[273]
Edgar Lee Masters 23 August 1868
Garnett, Kansas, United States
5 March 1950
Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, United States
1930 Nominated by Martin Lamm (1880–1950) the only time.[274]
Nathanael Jünger 23 October 1871
Hamburg, Germany
29 September 1941
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
1930, 1931 Nominated by Fredrik Wulff (1845–1930) each time.[275]
Anton Wildgans 17 April 1881
Vienna, Austria
3 May 1932
Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria
1930, 1931, 1932 [276]
Paul Valéry 30 October 1871
Sète, Hérault, France
20 July 1945
Paris, France
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945 [277]
Lion Feuchtwanger 7 July 1884
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
21 December 1958
Los Angeles, California, United States
1930, 1955, 1956, 1957 [278]
Rudolf Kassner 11 September 1873
Velké Pavlovice, Břeclav, Czech Republic
1 April 1959
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959 [279][280]
1931
Hermann Hesse 2 July 1877
Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
9 August 1962
Collina d'Oro, Ticino, Switzerland
1931, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946 Awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.[281]
Laura Mestre Hevia 6 April 1867
Havana, Cuba
11 January 1944
Havana, Cuba
1931 Nominated by Juan Miguel Dihigo Mestre (1866–1952) the only time.[282]
Francis Jammes 2 December 1868
Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
1 November 1938
Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
1931 Nominated by Anders Österling (1884–1981) the only time.[283]
Ole Edvart Rølvaag 22 April 1876
Dønna, Nordland, Norway
5 November 1931
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
1931 Nominated by Laurence M. Larson (1868–1938) the only time.[284]
Erich Maria Remarque 22 June 1898
Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
25 September 1970
Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
1931 Nominated by Tor Hedberg (1862–1931) the only time and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[285]
Ivan Shmelyov 3 October 1873
Moscow, Russia
24 June 1950
Paris, France
1931, 1932 [286]
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić 18 April 1874
Ogulin, Karlovac, Croatia
21 September 1938
Zagreb, Croatia
1931, 1935, 1937, 1938 [287]
Ramón Pérez de Ayala 9 August 1880
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
5 August 1962
Madrid, Spain
1931, 1934, 1947 [288]
Martin Andersen Nexø 26 June 1869
Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark
1 June 1954
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
1931, 1950 [289]
Ramón Menéndez Pidal 13 March 1869
A Coruña, Spain
14 November 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.[290]
1932
Michael Blümelhuber 23 September 1865
Unterhimmel-Christkindl, Upper Austria, Austria
29 January 1936
Steyr, Austria
1932 Nominated by Oswald Redlich (1858–1944) the only time and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[291]
Francesco Orestano 14 April 1873
Alia, Palermo, Italy
20 August 1945
Rome, Italy
1932 Nominated by Pietro Bonfante (1864–1932) the only time.[292]
Axel Munthe 31 October 1857
Oskarshamn, Kalmar, Sweden
11 February 1949
Stockholm, Sweden
1932 Nominated by Rolf Lagerborg (1874–1959) the only time.[293]
Percival Elgood 3 July 1863
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
20 December 1941
Cairo, Egypt
1932 Nominated by Arthur James Grant (1862–1948) the only time.[294]
Grigol Robakidze 28 October 1880
Sviri, Imereti, Georgia
19 November 1962
Geneva, Switzerland
1932 Nominated by Richard Meckelein (1880–1948) the only time.[295]
Karel Čapek 9 January 1890
Malé Svatoňovice, Trutnov, Czech Republic
25 December 1938
Prague, Czech Republic
1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 [296]
Vilhelm Ekelund 14 October 1880
Stehag, Eslöv, Sweden
3 September 1949
Saltsjöbaden, Nacka, Sweden
1932, 1941 [297]
Manuel Gálvez 6 May 1882
Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
14 November 1962
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1932, 1933, 1934, 1951, 1952 [298]
Upton Sinclair 20 September 1878
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
25 November 1968
Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States
1932, 1933, 1934, 1965 [299]
1933
Henrique Coelho Neto 21 February 1864
Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
28 November 1934
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1933 [300]
Max Beerbohm 24 August 1872
London, England
20 May 1956
Rapallo, Genoa, Italy
1933 Nominated by Tancred Borenius (1885–1948) the only time.[301]
Hayim Nahman Bialik 9 January 1873
Zhytomyr, Ukraine
4 July 1934
Vienna, Austria
1933, 1934 Nominated by Joseph Klausner (1874–1958) each time.[302]
Ernest Roguin 27 May 1851
Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland
5 May 1939
Lausanne, Switzerland
1933, 1934 Nominated by Edmond Rossier (1865–1945) each time.[303]
Joseph Bédier 28 January 1864
Paris, France
29 August 1938
Le Grand-Serre, Drôme, France
1933, 1934 Nominated by Henrik Schück (1855–1947) each time.[304]
Hermann Stehr 16 February 1864
Bystrzyca Klodzka, Kłodzko, Poland
11 September 1940
Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze, Poland
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 [305]
António Correia de Oliveira 30 July 1878
São Pedro do Sul, Viseu, Portugal
20 February 1960
Esposende, Braga, Portugal
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942 [306]
Carlos María Ocantos 24 August 1860
Buenos Aires, Argentina
29 March 1949
Madrid, Spain
1933, 1943 [307]
José Ortega y Gasset 9 May 1883
Madrid, Spain
18 October 1955
Madrid, Spain
1933, 1951 [308]
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 5 September 1888
Thiruttani, Tamil Nadu, India
17 April 1975
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 2nd President of India (1962 – 1967).
Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[309]
1934
Luigi Pirandello 28 June 1867
Agrigento, Italy
10 December 1936
Rome, Italy
1934 Nominated by Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) the only time and awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.[310]
Eugene O’Neill 16 October 1888
New York, United States
27 November 1953
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1934, 1935, 1936 Awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1937.[311]
Roger Martin du Gard 23 March 1881
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
22 August 1958
Belforêt-en-Perche, Orne, France
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 Awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.[312]
Francisco García Calderón Rey 8 April 1883
Valparaíso, Chile
1 July 1953
Lima, Peru
1934 [313]
Ventura García Calderón 23 February 1886
Paris, France
27 October 1959
Paris, France
1934 [314]
Ole Hallesby 5 August 1879
Aremark, Østfold, Norway
11 November 1961
Oslo, Norway
1934 Nominated jointly by Olai Skulerud (1881–1963) the only time.[315][316]
Ewald Sundberg 8 October 1886
Kristiansand, Norway
12 April 1967
Kristiansand, Norway
1934
Hans Henrik Holm 18 January 1896
Oslo, Norway
27 September 1980
Oslo, Norway
1934 Nominated by Alexander Seippel (1851–1938) the only time.[317]
Franz Karl Ginzkey 8 September 1871
Pula, Istria, Croatia
11 April 1963
Vienna, Austria
1934, 1935 [318]
Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński 14 September 1859
Uman, Cherkasy, Ukraine
8 May 1944
Schondorf, Bavaria, Germany
1934, 1935 [319]
Jarl Hemmer 18 September 1893
Vaasa, Finland
6 December 1944
Porvoo, Finland
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 [320]
Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício 19 April 1884
Lisbon, Portugal
3 November 1947
Lisbon, Portugal
1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 [321]
Jean Schlumberger 26 May 1877
Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, France
25 October 1968
Paris, France
1934, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1964 [322]
1935[bi]
James Cousins 22 July 1873
Belfast, Northern Ireland
20 February 1956
Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India
1935 Nominated by Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) the only time.[323]
Sven Erik Lönborg 15 March 1871
Motala, Östergötland, Sweden
11 April 1959
Uppsala, Sweden
1935 Nominated by Emil Rodhe (1863–1936) the only time.[324]
Émile Mâle 2 June 1862
Commentry, Allier, France
6 October 1954
Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France
1935 Nominated by Emil Rodhe (1863–1936) the only time.[325]
Guðmundur Kamban 8 June 1888
Reykjavík, Iceland
5 May 1945
Copenhagen, Denmark
1935 Nominated by Bengt Hesselman (1875–1952) the only time.[326]
Violet Clifton 2 November 1883
Rome, Italy
20 November 1961
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
1935 Nominated by Nevill Coghill (1899–1980) the only time.[327]
Elise Richter 2 March 1865
Vienna, Austria
23 June 1943
Terezín, Litoměřice, Czech Republic
1935 [328]
Gilbert Keith Chesterton 29 May 1874
Kensington, London, England
14 June 1936
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
1935 Nominated by Torsten Fogelqvist (1880–1941) the only time.[329]
Dezső Szabó 10 June 1879
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
13 January 1945
Budapest, Hungary
1935 Nominated by Björn Collinder (1894–1983) the only time.[330]
Víctor Manuel Rendón 5 December 1859
Guayaquil, Ecuador
9 October 1940
Guayaquil, Ecuador
1935 Nominated by Celiano Monge Navarrete (1856–1940) the only time.[331]
Edvarts Virza 27 December 1883
Jelgava, Latvia
1 March 1940
Riga, Latvia
1935, 1936 [332]
Miguel de Unamuno 29 September 1864
Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
31 December 1936
Salamanca, Spain
1935, 1936 [333]
Shaul Tchernichovsky 20 August 1875
Kiev, Ukraine
14 October 1943
Jerusalem, Israel
1935, 1937 Nominated by Joseph Klausner (1874–1958) each time.[334]
John Masefield 1 June 1878
Ledbury, Herefordshire, England
12 May 1967
Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
1935, 1937 Nominated by Anders Österling (1884–1981) each time.[335]
Jules Romains 26 August 1885
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, Haute-Loire, France
14 August 1972
Paris, France
1935, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1963, 1966 [336]
1936[bj]
Asis Domet 25 June 1890
Cairo, Egypt
27 June 1943
Berlin, Germany
1936 Nominated by G. E. Khoury (?) the only time.[337]
Hari Mohan Banerjee 3 September 1960
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1936 Nominated by Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar (1875–1950) the only time and nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[338]
Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti 10 January 1871
Vienna, Austria
8 April 1955
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
1936 [339]
Sigmund Freud 6 May 1856
Příbor, Nový Jičín, Czech Republic
23 September 1939
Hampstead, London, England
1936 Nominated by Romain Rolland (1866–1944) the only time and nominated for Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine too.[340]
Alfred Edward Evershed 22 April 1870
Littlehampton, Sussex, England
31 May 1941
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
1936 Nominated by Elias Edward Miller (1878–1937) the only time and nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[341]
Ludwig Klages 10 December 1872
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
29 July 1956
Kilchberg, Zürich, Switzerland
1936, 1937 Nominated by Wilhelm Pinder (1878–1947) each time.[342]
Cécile Tormay 8 October 1875
Budapest, Hungary
2 April 1937
Gyöngyös, Heves, Hungary
1936, 1937 [343]
Hans Fallada 21 July 1893
Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
5 February 1947
Berlin, Germany
1936, 1939 [344]
Arvid Mörne 6 May 1876
Kuopio, Finland
15 June 1946
Kauniainen, Espoo, Finland
1936, 1945, 1946 [345]
Georges Duhamel 30 June 1884
Paris, France
13 April 1966
Valmondois, Val-d'Oise, France
1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961 [346]
1937
Maurice Magre 2 March 1877
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
11 December 1941
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1937 [347]
Jules Payot 10 April 1859
Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
30 January 1940
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
1937 Nominated by Alfred Baudrillart (1859–1942) the only time.[348]
Arnold Schering 2 April 1877
Wrocław, Poland
7 March 1941
Berlin, Germany
1937 Nominated by Ilmari Krohn (1867–1960) the only time.[349]
Maria Jotuni 9 April 1880
Kuopio, Finland
30 September 1943
Helsinki, Finland
1937 Nominated by Viljo Tarkiainen (1879–1951) the only time.[350]
Albert Verwey 15 May 1865
Amsterdam, Netherlands
8 March 1937
Noordwijk, Netherlands
1937 Died before the only chance to be rewarded.[351]
William Burchell Bashyr-Pickard 31 July 1889
London, England
25 January 1973
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
1937 Nominated by Arthur Bernard Cook (1868–1952) the only time.[352]
Valdemar Rørdam 23 September 1872
Fakse, Zealand, Denmark
13 July 1946
Holbæk, Denmark
1937, 1938 [353]
Bijay Chandra Majumdar 27 October 1861
Khanakul, Faridpur, Bangladesh
30 December 1942
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1937, 1939 [354]
Sally Salminen 25 April 1906
Vårdö, Åland, Finland
18 July 1976
Copenhagen, Denmark
1937, 1938, 1939 [355]
Maila Talvio 17 October 1871
Hartola, Finland
6 January 1951
Helsinki, Finland
1937, 1939, 1947 [356]
René Béhaine 17 June 1880
Vervins, Aisne, France
2 January 1966
Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944 1948, 1965 [357]
Johan Falkberget 30 September 1879
Røros, Norway
5 April 1967
Røros, Norway
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965 [358]
Stijn Streuvels 3 October 1871
Heule, Kortrijk, Belgium
15 August 1969
Anzegem, Belgium
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1969 [359]
Jean Giono 30 March 1895
Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
9 October 1970
Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
1937, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 [360]
1938
Pearl Buck 26 June 1892
Hillsboro, West Virginia, United States
6 March 1973
Danby, Vermont, United States
1938 Awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature and nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[361]
Robert Ritchie Racey 3 May 1873
Québec City, Canada
15 September 1956
Paris, Ontario, Canada
1938 Nominated by Arthur Leonard Phelps (1887–1970) the only time.[362]
Mohammad Khan
(prob. Muhammad Hussain Khan (1883-1960))
1883
Jallander (currently Indian Punjab)
1960
Kabul, Afghanistan
1938 Nominated by Per Hallström (1866–1960) the only time.[363]
Margaret Mitchell 8 November 1900
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
16 August 1949
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
1938 Nominated by Sven Hedin (1865–1952) the only time.[364]
Arthur van Schendel 5 March 1874
Jakarta, Indonesia
11 September 1946
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1938 [365]
Veikko Antero Koskenniemi 8 July 1885
Oulu, Finland
4 August 1962
Turku, Finland
1938 Nominated by Aapeli Saarisalo (1896–1986) the only time.[366]
Sanjib Chaudhuri 1938, 1939 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[367]
Mark Aldanov 7 November 1886
Kiev, Ukraine
24 February 1957
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 [368]
Henriette Charasson 13 February 1884
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
29 May 1972
Châteauroux, Indre, France
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945,[bm] 1947, 1949, 1954, 1957 [369]
Herman Teirlinck 24 February 1879
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels, Belgium
4 February 1967
Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
1938, 1954, 1957, 1960 [370]
Aldous Huxley 26 July 1894
Godalming, Surrey, England
22 November 1963
Los Angeles, California, United States
1938, 1939, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 [371]
1939
Flávio de Carvalho 10 August 1899
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4 June 1973
São Paulo, Brazil
1939 Nominated by Paul Vanorden Shaw (1898–1970) the only time.[372]
Egidio Poblete Escudero 7 November 1868
Los Andes, Chile
18 October 1940
Valparaíso, Chile
1939 Nominated by Miguel Luís Amunátegui Reyes (1862–1949) the only time.[373]
Ethel Florence Richardson 3 January 1870
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20 March 1946
Hastings, East Sussex, England
1939 Nominated by Sten Bodvar Liljegren (1885–1984) the only time.[374]
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel 6 November 1870
Liverpool, England
5 February 1963
London, England
1939 Nominated by Per Hallström (1866–1960) the only time.[375]
Hugh Walpole 13 March 1884
Auckland, New Zealand
1 June 1941
Keswick, Cumbria, England
1939 Nominated by Sten Bodvar Liljegren (1885–1984) the only time.[376]
Johan Huizinga 7 December 1872
Groningen, Netherlands
1 February 1945
De Steeg, Rheden, Netherlands
1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1953, 1944, 1945 [377]
Henriette Roland Holst 24 December 1869
Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
21 November 1952
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1939, 1950, 1952 [378][379]
Eugène Baie 3 August 1874
Anderlecht, Belgium
10 September 1964
Anderlecht, Belgium
1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956 [380]
Hu Shih 17 December 1891
Shanghai, China
24 February 1962
Taipei, Taiwan
1939, 1957 [381]
Maria Dąbrowska 6 October 1889
Russów, Kalisz, Poland
19 May 1965
Warsaw, Poland
1939, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1965 [382]

1940–1949

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Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1940[bi]
Gabriela Mistral 7 April 1889
Vicuña, Elqui, Chile
10 January 1957
Hempstead, New York, United States
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 Awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature.[383]
Alfonso Strafile c. 1872
Cerignola, Italy
1940 Nominated by Domenico Vittorini (1892–1958) the only time.[384]
Gösta Albert Carlberg 23 September 1909
Norrköping, Sweden
13 March 1973
Stockholm, Sweden
1940 Nominated by Einar Tegen (1884–1965) the only time.[385]
Bert Bailey 11 June 1868
Auckland, New Zealand
30 March 1953
Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1940 Nominated by Georges Rency (1875–1951) the only time.[386]
Edmund Blunden 1 November 1896
London, England
20 January 1974
Long Melford, Suffolk, England
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 Nominated by Heinrich Wolfgang Donner (1904–1980) each time.[387]
Carl Sandburg 6 January 1878
Galesburg, Illinois, United States
22 July 1967
Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States
1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959 [388]
Lin Yutang 10 October 1895
Banzai, Fujian, China
26 March 1976
Hong Kong
1940, 1950, 1970, 1972, 1973 [389]
1941[bi]
Manoel Cyrillo Wanderley 1941 Nominated by Francisco de Aquino Correia, S.D.B. (1885–1956) the only time.[390]
Ruth Comfort Young 21 July 1882
San Francisco, California, United States
18 February 1954
Los Gatos, California, United States
1941 [391]
Branislav Petronijević 25 March 1875
Sovljak, Ub, Serbia
4 March 1954
Belgrade, Serbia
1941, 1947 [392]
1942[bi]
Sigfrid Siwertz 24 January 1882
Stockholm, Sweden
26 November 1970
Stockholm, Sweden
1942 Nominated by Carl Olaf Bøggild-Andersen (1898–1967) the only time.[393]
Teixeira de Pascoaes 2 November 1877
Amarante, Porto, Portugal
14 December 1952
Amarante, Porto, Portugal
1942, 1943, 1944, 1945,[bn] 1947, 1948 Nominated by João António Mascarenhas Júdice (1898–1957) each time.[394]
Nikolai Berdyaev 18 March 1874
Obukhiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
24 March 1948
Clamart, Paris, France
1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 Nominated by Alf Nyman (1884–1968) each time.[395]
Charles Langbridge Morgan 22 January 1894
Bromley, London, England
6 February 1958
London, England
1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 [396]
Enrique Larreta 4 March 1875
Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 July 1961
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1942, 1943, 1944, 1945,[bo] 1950 [397]
Hans Carossa 15 December 1878
Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany
12 September 1956
Passau, Lower Bavaria, Germany
1942, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956 [398]
1943[bi]
John Steinbeck 27 February 1902
Salinas, California, United States
20 December 1968
New York City, United States
1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 Awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature.[399]
Sri Aurobindo 15 August 1872
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
5 December 1950
Pondicherry, Puducherry, India
1943 Nominated by Francis Younghusband (1863–1942) the only time and nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[400]
Franz Werfel 10 September 1890
Prague, Czechia
26 August 1945
Beverly Hills, California, United States
1943, 1945 [401]
Franz Hellens 8 September 1881
Brussels, Belgium
20 January 1972
Brussels, Belgium
1943, 1948, 1958, 1954 [402]
Elisaveta Bagryana 16 April 1893
Sofia, Bulgaria
23 March 1991
Sofia, Bulgaria
1943, 1944, 1945, 1969 [403]
1944
Abol-Gassem E’tessam Zadeh[404] 1944 Nominated by Issa Sepahbodi (1896–?) the only time.[405]
Luis Nueda y Santiago 1883
Madrid, Spain
1952
Madrid, Spain
1944 Nominated by Julio Casares (1877–1964) the only time.[406]
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 24 September 1878
Lausanne, Switzerland
23 May 1947
Pully, Vaud, Switzerland
1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 [407]
Arnulf Øverland 27 April 1889
Kristiansund, Norway
25 March 1968
Oslo, Norway
1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1967 [408]
1945
Thomas Sterns Eliot 26 September 1888
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
4 January 1965
Kensington, London, England
1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 Awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.[409]
Yiorgos Theotokas 27 April 1906
Istanbul, Türkiye
30 October 1966
Athens, Greece
1945 Nominated by Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970) the only time.[410]
Armando Alvares Pedroso 29 June 1907
Havana, Cuba
9 September 1990
Dade City, Florida, United States
1945[bp]
Edward Morgan Forster 1 January 1879
Marylebone, London, England
7 June 1970
Coventry, England
1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 [411][412]
Marie Under 27 March 1883
Tallinn, Estonia
25 September 1980
Stockholm, Sweden
1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 [413]
1946
André Gide 22 November 1869
Paris, France
19 February 1951
Paris, France
1946, 1947 Awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature.[414]
François Mauriac 11 October 1885
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
1 September 1970
Paris, France
1946, 1949, 1950, 1952 Awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.[415]
Winston Churchill 30 November 1874
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
24 January 1965
Kensington, London, England
1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–45, 1951–55).

Awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature.[416]
Boris Pasternak 10 February 1890
Moscow, Russia
30 May 1960
Moscow, Russia
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958 Awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature.[417]
Herbert John Clifford Grierson 16 January 1866
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
19 February 1960
Cambridge, England
1946 Nominated by William James Entwistle (1895–1952) the only time.[418]
Sholem Asch 1 November 1880
Kutno, Poland
10 July 1957
London, England
1946, 1947 Nominated by Walter Arthur Berendsohn (1884–1984) each time.[419]
Angelos Sikelianos 28 March 1884
Lefkada, Greece
19 June 1951
Athens, Greece
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 [420]
Tarjei Vesaas 20 August 1897
Vinje, Telemark, Norway
15 March 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 [421]
Ignazio Silone 1 May 1900
Pescina, L'Aquila, Italy
22 August 1978
Geneva, Switzerland
1946, 1947, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1974 [422]
1947
Pär Lagerkvist 23 May 1891
Växjö, Sweden
11 July 1974
Lidingö, Sweden
1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 Awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature.[423]
Ernest Hemingway 21 July 1899
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
2 July 1961
Ketchum, Idaho, United States
1947, 1950, 1953, 1954 Awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.[424]
Mikhail Sholokhov 24 May 1905
Vyoshenskaya, Rostov, Russia
21 February 1984
Vyoshenskaya, Rostov, Russia
1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature.,[425][426]
Shmuel Yosef Agnon 8 August 1887
Buchach, Ternopil, Ukraine
17 February 1970
Jerusalem, Israel
1947, 1948, 1951, 1965, 1966 Shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature with Nelly Sachs[427]
Bernard O'Dowd 11 April 1866
Beaufort, Victoria, Australia
1 September 1953
Melbourne, Australia
1947 [428]
Horace Kallen 11 August 1882
Bierutów, Oleśnica, Poland
16 February 1974
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
1947 Nominated by Louise Rosenblatt (1904–2005) the only time.[429]
Gregorios Xenopoulos 9 December 1867
Istanbul, Türkiye
14 January 1951
Athens, Greece
1947 Nominated by Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966) the only time.[430]
Toyohiko Kagawa 10 July 1888
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
23 April 1960
Tokyo, Japan
1947, 1948 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize too.[431]
Georgios Drosinis 9 December 1859
Plaka, Athens, Greece
3 January 1951
Kifisia, Athens, Greece
1947, 1948 [432]
Nikos Kazantzakis 18 February 1883
Heraklion, Greece
26 October 1957
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 [433]
André Malraux 3 November 1901
Paris, France
23 November 1976
Créteil, Paris, France
1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 [434]
1948
Halldór Laxness 23 April 1902
Reykjavík, Iceland
8 February 1998
Reykjavík, Iceland
1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 Awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.[435]
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 28 January 1873
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, France
3 August 1954
Paris, France
1948 Nominated by Claude Farrère (1876–1957) the only time.[436]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher 17 February 1879
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
9 November 1958
Arlington, Vermont, United States
1948, 1949 Nominated by David Baumgardt (1890–1963) each time.[437]
George Santayana 16 December 1863
Madrid, Spain
26 September 1952
Rome, Italy
1948, 1949 [438]
Zalman Shneur 11 February 1887
Shklow, Mogilev, Belarus
20 February 1959
New York City, United States
1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957 [439][440]
George Macauley Trevelyan 16 February 1876
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
21 July 1962
Cambridge, England
1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960 [441]
Riccardo Bacchelli 19 April 1891
Bologna, Italy
8 October 1985
Monza, Monza e Brianza, Italy
1948, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 [442]
1949[bj]
Albert Camus 7 November 1913
Dréan, El Taref, Algeria
4 January 1960
Villeblevin, Yonne, France
1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature.[443]
Jacinto Grau 6 April 1877
Barcelona, Spain
14 August 1958
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1949 Nominated by Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961) the only time.[444]
Reinaldo Temprano Azcona 1911
Pajares de la Lampreana, Zamora, Spain
1954
Spain
1949 Nominated by Emilio Alarcos García (1895–1986) the only time.[445]
Leonid Leonov 31 May 1899
Moscow, Russia
8 August 1994
Moscow, Russia
1949, 1950 Nominated by Valentin Kiparsky (1904–1983) each time.[446]
Enrique González Martínez 13 April 1871
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
19 February 1952
Mexico City, Mexico
1949, 1952 [447]
Alfonso Reyes 17 May 1889
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
27 December 1959
Mexico City, Mexico
1949, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959 [448]
Seán O'Casey 30 March 1880
Dublin, Ireland
18 September 1964
Torquay, Devon, England
1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 [449]
Taha Hussein 15 November 1889
Maghagha, Minya, Egypt
28 October 1973
Cairo, Egypt
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973 [450]
Alberto Moravia 28 November 1907
Rome, Italy
26 September 1990
Rome, Italy
1949, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 [451]

1950–1959

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Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1950
William Faulkner 25 September 1897
New Albany, Mississippi, United States
6 July 1962
Byhalia, Mississippi, United States
1950 Nominated by Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884–1965) the only time and awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950.[452]
Bertrand Russell 18 May 1872
Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales
2 February 1970
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales
1950 Nominated by Eugen Tigerstedt (1907–1979) the only time, awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[453]
Edward Plunkett 24 July 1878
London, England
25 October 1957
Dublin, Ireland
1950 [454]
Leopold Staff 4 November 1878
Lviv, Ukraine
31 May 1957
Skarżysko-Kamienna, Skarżysko, Poland
1950 Nominated by Jan Parandowski (1895–1978) the only time.[455]
Thomas Head Raddall 13 November 1903
Hythe, Kent, England
1 April 1994
Liverpool, England
1950 Nominated by Will Richard Bird (1891–1984) the only time.[456]
Albert Steffen 10 December 1884
Wynau, Bern, Switzerland
13 July 1963
Dornach, Solothurn, Switzerland
1950 Nominated by Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) the only time.[457]
John Dewey 20 October 1859
Burlington, Vermont, United States
1 June 1952
New York City, United States
1950 Nominated by Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) the only time.[458]
Hermann Broch 1 November 1886
Vienna, Austria
30 May 1951
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1950 [459]
Júlio Dantas 19 May 1876
Lagos, Faro, Portugal
25 May 1962
Lisbon, Portugal
1950, 1951 [460]
Alfred Noyes 16 September 1880
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
25 June 1958
Isle of Wight, England
1950, 1951 [461]
Jakobus Cornelis Bloem 10 May 1887
Oudshoorn, South Holland, Netherlands
10 August 1966
Kalenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands
1950, 1952