The Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Foundation has honored great writers who have created the "most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency," as described in Alfred Nobel's will. The Swedish Academy in Stockholm awards the Literature Prize with adherence to Nobel's stipulation that "no consideration shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive it, whether he be Scandinavian or not."
Gao Xingjian, a Chinese writer, wins the 2000 prize. Read the Nobel Foundation's press release and view the author's bibliography.
Previous Nobel Literature Prize Winners
- 1999 -- Gunter Grass, Germany
- 1998 -- Jose Saramago, Portugal
- 1997 -- Dario Fo, Italy
- 1996 -- Wislawa Szymborska, Poland
- 1995 -- Seamus Heaney, Ireland
- 1994 -- Kenzaburo Oe, Japan
- 1993 -- Toni Morrison, United States
- 1992 -- Derek Walcott, Saint Lucia
- 1991 -- Nadine Gordimer, South Africa
- 1990 -- Octavio Paz, Mexico
- 1989 -- Camila Jose Cela, Spain
- 1988 -- Naguid Mahfouz, Egypt
- 1987 -- Joseph Brodsky, United States
- 1986 -- Wole Soyinka, Nigeria
- 1985 -- Claude Simon, France
- 1984 -- Jaroslav Seifert. Czechoslovakia
- 1983 -- William Golding, Great Britain
- 1982 -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia
- 1981 -- Elias Canetti, Great Britain
The Nobel e-Museum posts a complete listing of all winners since 1901.
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