List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature (2000–present)
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". It is one of the five Nobel Prizes that are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.
Nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature are officially confidential for a period of 50 years, in accordance with the statutes of the Nobel Foundation. As a result, the Swedish Academy does not release official nomination data for recent decades. The individuals included in this list are therefore limited to those whose nominations have been publicly disclosed by nominators themselves, reported by reliable secondary sources, or revealed through other verifiable public statements. The absence of a writer from this list does not indicate that they were not nominated. It reflects only publicly available information and May Be subject to change as additional sources emerge or as archival material is released in future decades.
Due to its size, this list has been split into two parts:
- List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1901–1999)
- List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature (2000–present)
Nominees by their first nomination
The list is ordered by the year in which individuals received their first reported nomination. Some writers who were first nominated between 1900–1999 and were renominated after 1999 are listed in the former part only.
2000–2009
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | |||||
| Gao Xingjian | 4 January 1940 Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China | (aged 86) | 2000 | Awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Alice Munro | 10 July 1931 Wingham, Ontario, Canada | 13 May 2024 Port Hope, Ontario, Canada | 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 | Awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Li Ao | 25 April 1935 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | 18 March 2018 Taipei, Taiwan | 2000 | ||
| Ben Okri | 15 March 1959 Minna, Niger, Nigeria | (aged 67) | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 | ||
| Juan Goytisolo | 6 January 1931 Barcelona, Spain | 4 June 2017 Marrakesh, Morocco | 2000, 2004, 2005 | ||
| Lev Rubinstein | 19 February 1947 Moscow, Russia | 14 January 2024 Moscow, Russia | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 | ||
| Amos Oz | 4 May 1939 Jerusalem, Israel | 28 December 2018 Petah Tikva, Israel | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 | ||
| 2001 | |||||
| Herta Müller | 17 August 1953 Nițchidorf, Romania | (aged 72) | 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009 | Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen | 6 November 1919 Porto, Portugal | 2 July 2004 Lisbon, Portugal | 2001 | ||
| Henrik Nordbrandt | 21 March 1945 Frederiksberg, Denmark | 31 January 2023 Copenhagen, Denamrk | 2001 | ||
| Yordan Radichkov | 24 October 1929 Kalimanitza, Montana, Bulgaria | 21 January 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria | 2001 | ||
| Richard Ford | 16 February 1944 Jackson, Mississippi, United States | (aged 82) | 2001, 2002, 2006 | ||
| Li Kuei-hsien | 19 June 1937 Taipei, Taiwan | 15 January 2025 Taipei, Taiwan | 2001, 2003, 2006 | ||
| Ko Un | 1 August 1933 Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea | (aged 95) | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 | ||
| Adam Zagajewski | 21 June 1945 Lviv, Ukraine | 21 March 2021 Kraków, Poland | 2001, 2002, 2010 | ||
| Assia Djebar | 30 June 1936 Cherchell, Tipaza, Algeria | 6 February 2015 Paris, France | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 | ||
| 2002 | |||||
| Imre Kertész | 9 November 1929 Budapest, Hungary | 31 March 2016 Budapest, Hungary | 2002 | Awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Orhan Pamuk | 7 June 1952 Istanbul, Türkiye | (aged 73) | 2002, 2005, 2006 | Awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| John Banville | 8 December 1945 Wexford, Ireland | (aged 80) | 2002 | ||
| Noam Chomsky | 7 December 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 97) | 2002 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too. | |
| Leyla Erbil | 12 January 1931 Istanbul, Türkiye | 19 July 2013 Istanbul, Türkiye | 2002 | ||
| Ferreira Gullar | 10 September 1930 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil | 4 December 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2002 | ||
| Arnošt Lustig | 21 December 1926 Prague, Czech Republic | 26 February 2011 Prague, Czech Republic | 2002 | ||
| John Ralston Saul | 19 June 1947 Ottawa, Canada | (aged 78) | 2002 | ||
| Jorge Semprún | 10 December 1923 Madrid, Spain | 7 June 2011 Paris, France | 2002 | ||
| Harry Mulisch | 29 July 1927 Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands | 30 October 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2002, 2003 | ||
| Susan Sontag | 16 January 1933 New York City, United States | 28 December 2004 New York City, United States | 2002, 2003, 2004 | ||
| Aharon Appelfeld | 16 February 1932 Stara Zhadova, Chernivtsi, Ukraine | 4 January 2018 Petah Tikva, Israel | 2002, 2005 | ||
| Nuruddin Farah | 24 November 1945 Baidoa, Somalia | (aged 80) | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 | ||
| Umberto Eco | 5 January 1932 Alessandria, Italy | 19 February 2016 Milan, Italy | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 | ||
| Don DeLillo | 20 November 1936 The Bronx, New York, United States | (aged 89) | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 | ||
| 2003 | |||||
| Elfriede Jelinek | 20 October 1946 Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria | (aged 79) | 2003, 2004 | Awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Svetlana Alexievich | 31 May 1948 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | (aged 77) | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2015 | Awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Klára Jarunková | 28 April 1922 Šumiac, Brezno, Slovakia | 11 July 2005 Bratislava, Slovakia | 2003 | ||
| Giovanna Mulas | 6 May 1969 Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy | (aged 56) | 2003 | ||
| Kelinu Vella Haber | 1 October 1913 Nadur, Gozo, Malta | 28 January 2014 Qala, Gozo, Malta | 2003 | ||
| Jacques Derrida | 15 July 1930 El Biar, Algiers, Algeria | 9 October 2004 Paris, France | 2003, 2004 | ||
| 2004 | |||||
| Isabel Allende | 2 August 1942 Lima, Peru | (aged 83) | 2004 | ||
| Péter Esterházy | 14 April 1950 Budapest, Hungary | 14 July 2016 Budapest, Hungary | 2004 | ||
| Oliver Friggieri | 27 March 1947 Floriana, Malta | 21 November 2020 Valletta, Malta | 2004 | ||
| Álvaro Pombo | 23 June 1939 Santander, Cantabria, Spain | (aged 86) | 2004 | ||
| Mykola Rohozhynskyy | 28 August 1965 Kiev, Ukraine | (aged 60) | 2004 | ||
| Gunturu Seshendra Sarma | 20 October 1927 Marripadu, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India | 30 May 2007 Hyderabad, Telangana, India | 2004 | ||
| Muriel Spark | 1 February 1918 Edinburgh, Scotland | 13 April 2006 Uliveto Terme, Pisa, Italy | 2004 | ||
| Per Olov Enquist | 23 September 1934 Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden | 25 April 2020 Vaxholm, Sweden | 2004, 2005 | ||
| Claudio Magris | 10 April 1939 Trieste, Italy | (aged 87) | 2004, 2005, 2007 | ||
| Frederick Turner | 19 November 1943 Northamptonshire, England | 4 September 2025 Corona del Mar, California, United States | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 | ||
| Haruki Murakami | 12 January 1949 | (aged 77) | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | ||
| Péter Nádas | 14 October 1942 Budapest, Hungary | (aged 83) | 2004, 2016 | ||
| 2005 | |||||
| Jon Fosse | 29 September 1959 Haugesund, Norway | (aged 66) | 2005, 2023 | Awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Anne-Marie Albiach | 9 August 1937 Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France | 4 November 2012 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France | 2005 | ||
| Kamau Brathwaite | 11 May 1930 Bridgetown, Barbados | 4 February 2020 Christ Church, Barbados | 2005 | ||
| Ernesto Cardenal | 20 January 1925 Granada, Nicaragua | 1 March 2020 Managua, Nicaragua | 2005 | ||
| John le Carré | 19 October 1931 Poole, Dorset, England | 12 December 2020 Truro, Cornwall, England | 2005 | ||
| Hélène Cixous | 5 June 1937 Oran, Algeria | (aged 88) | 2005 | ||
| Michel Houellebecq | 26 February 1956 Saint-Denis, Réunion, France | (aged 70) | 2005 | ||
| Nedžad Ibrišimović | 20 October 1940 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 September 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2005 | ||
| Eeva Kilpi | 18 February 1928 Khiytola, Karelia, Russia | (aged 98) | 2005 | ||
| Torgny Lindgren | 16 June 1938 Norsjö, Västerbotten, Sweden | 16 March 2017 Norsjö, Västerbotten, Sweden | 2005 | ||
| Javier Marías | 20 September 1951 Madrid, Spain | 11 September 2022 Madrid, Spain | 2005 | ||
| Cormac McCarthy | 20 July 1933 Providence, Rhode Island, United States | 13 June 2023 Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | 2005 | ||
| Sami Michael | 15 August 1926 Baghdad, Iraq | 1 April 2024 Haifa, Israel | 2005 | ||
| Nancy Morejón | 7 August 1944 Havana, Cuba | (aged 81) | 2005 | ||
| Adélia Prado | 13 December 1935 Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil | (aged 90) | 2005 | ||
| Cecil Rajendra | 1941 George Town, Penang, Malaysia | (aged 85) | 2005 | ||
| Adrienne Rich | 16 May 1929 Baltimore, Maryland, United States | 27 March 2012 Santa Cruz, California, United States | 2005 | ||
| Tom Stoppard | 3 July 1937 Zlín, Czech Republic | 29 November 2025 Dorset, England | 2005 | ||
| Luisa Valenzuela | 26 November 1938 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 87) | 2005 | ||
| Ian McEwan | 21 June 1948 Aldershot, Hampshire, England | (aged 77) | 2005, 2006 | ||
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | 5 January 1938 Kamirithu, Kiambu, Kenya | 28 May 2025 Buford, Georgia, United States | 2005, 2006 | ||
| Ryszard Kapuściński | 4 March 1932 Pinsk, Belarus | 23 January 2007 Warsaw, Poland | 2005, 2006 | ||
| Maryse Condé | 11 February 1934 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe | 2 April 2024 Apt, Vaucluse, France | 2005, 2007 | ||
| Umberto Piersanti | 26 February 1941 Urbino, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy | (aged 85) | 2005, 2024 | ||
| Dương Thu Hương | 1947 Thái Bình, Vietnam | (aged 79) | 2005, 2009, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025, 2026 | ||
| 2006 | |||||
| Paul Auster | 3 February 1947 Newark, New Jersey, United States | 30 April 2024 New York City, United States | 2006 | ||
| Ryhor Baradulin | 24 February 1935 Vierasoŭka, Ushachy, Belarus | 2 March 2014 Minsk, Belarus | 2006 | ||
| Julian Barnes | 19 January 1946 Leicester, England | (aged 80) | 2006 | ||
| Eduardo Galeano | 3 September 1940 Montevideo, Uruguay | 13 April 2015 Montevideo, Uruguay | 2006 | ||
| Hanna Krall | 20 May 1935 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 90) | 2006 | ||
| Mikael Niemi | 13 August 1959 Tärnaby, Storuman, Sweden | (aged 66) | 2006 | ||
| Elena Poniatowska | 19 May 1932 Paris, France | (aged 93) | 2006 | ||
| Barry Unsworth | 10 August 1930 Wingate, County Durham, England | 4 June 2012 Perugia, Italy | 2006 | ||
| Vijaydan Detha | 1 September 1926 Borunda, Rajasthan, India | 10 November 2013 Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India | 2006, 2011 | ||
| 2007 | |||||
| Carlos Germán Belli | 15 September 1927 Lima, Peru | 10 August 2024 Surquillo, Peru | 2007 | ||
| Roberto Benigni | 27 October 1952 Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy | (aged 73) | 2007 | ||
| Peter Carey | 7 May 1943 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia | (aged 82) | 2007 | ||
| Philippe Jaccottet | 30 June 1925 Moudon, Vaud, Switzerland | 24 February 2021 Grignan, Drôme, France | 2007 | ||
| Luz Pozo Garza | 21 July 1922 Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain | 20 April 2020 A Coruña, Spain | 2007 | ||
| Marcio Veloz Maggiolo | 13 August 1936 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 10 April 2021 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 2007 | ||
| Boris Pahor | 26 August 1913 Trieste, Italy | 20 May 2022 Trieste, Italy | 2007, 2008, 2009 | ||
| 2008 | |||||
| Marjorie Boulton | 7 May 1924 Teddington, Greater London, United Kingdom | 30 August 2017 London, United Kingdom | 2008 | ||
| Shlomo Kalo | 25 February 1928 Sofia, Bulgaria | 30 August 2014 Tel Aviv, Israel | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 | ||
| 2009 | |||||
| Georgi Vasilyevich Marchuk | 1 January 1947 Davyd-Haradok, Belarus | 23 August 2023 Minsk, Belarus | 2009 | ||
| Franck Étienne | 12 April 1936 Ravine-Sèche, Artibonite, Haiti | 20 February 2025 Delmas, Ouest, Haiti | 2009, 2010 | ||
2010–2019
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||||
| Néstor Amarilla | 24 July 1980 Coronel Oviedo, Caaguazú, Paraguay | (aged 45) | 2010 | ||
| Valentin Rasputin | 15 March 1937 Ust-Uda, Ust-Udinsky, Russia | 14 March 2015 Moscow, Russia | 2010 | ||
| Kanta Ibraguimov | 9 July 1960 Grozny, Chechnya, Russia | (aged 65) | 2010, 2012 | ||
| 2011 | |||||
| Besik Kharanauli | 11 November 1939 Tianeti, Georgia | (aged 86) | 2011, 2015 | ||
| David Magradze | 28 June 1962 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 63) | 2011, 2018, 2019 | ||
| Nawal El Saadawi | 22 October 1931 Kafr Tahla, Qalyubiyya, Egypt | 21 March 2021 Cairo, Egypt | 2011, 2012, 2021 | ||
| 2012 | |||||
| Mo Yan | 5 March 1955 Gaomi, Shandong, China | (aged 71) | 2012 | Awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Kamal Mehdi Abdullayev | 4 December 1950 Baku, Azerbaijan | (aged 75) | 2012 | ||
| Mahasweta Devi | 14 January 1926 Dhaka, Bangladesh | 28 July 2016 Kolkata, West Bengal, India | 2012 | ||
| Maksud Ibrahimbeyov | 11 May 1935 Baku, Azerbaijan | 22 March 2016 Baku, Azerbaijan | 2012 | ||
| Dacia Maraini | 13 November 1936 Florence, Italy | (aged 89) | 2012 | ||
| Ariano Suassuna | 16 June 1927 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | 23 July 2014 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | 2012 | ||
| Fazil Iskander | 6 March 1929 Sukhumi, Georgia | 31 July 2016 Peredelkino, Moscow, Russia | 2012, 2013 | ||
| 2013 | |||||
| Paul Goma | 2 October 1935 Seliște, Nisporeni, Moldova | 25 March 2020 Paris, France | 2013 | ||
| Dante Maffia | 17 January 1946 Roseto Capo Spulico, Cosenza, Italy | (aged 80) | 2013 | ||
| Varujan Vosganian | 25 July 1958 Craiova, Romania | (aged 67) | 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||
| Luiz de Miranda | 6 April 1945 Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 29 July 2022 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | ||
| 2014 | |||||
| Patrick Modiano | 30 July 1945 Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France | (aged 80) | 2014 | Awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Nicolae Breban | 1 February 1934 Baia Mare, Romania | (aged 92) | 2014 | ||
| Vasyl Holoborodko | 7 April 1945 Adrianopil, Perevalsk, Ukraine | (aged 81) | 2014 | ||
| Norman Manea | 19 July 1936 Suceava, Romania | (aged 89) | 2014 | ||
| Boualem Sansal | 15 October 1949 Théniet El Had, Algeria | (aged 76) | 2014 | ||
| Mircea Cărtărescu | 1 June 1955 Bucharest, Romania | (aged 70) | 2014, 2015 | ||
| 2015 | |||||
| Bernardo Atxaga | 27 July 1951 Asteasu, Guipuzkoa, Spain | (aged 74) | 2015 | ||
| Moniz Bandeira | 30 December 1935 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | 10 November 2017 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 2015 | ||
| Sebastiano Vassalli | 24 October 1941 Genoa, Italy | 26 July 2015 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy | 2015 | ||
| Anna Nerkagi | 15 February 1951 Yamalo-Nenets, Russia | (aged 75) | 2015, 2018, 2020 | ||
| Pierfranco Bruni | 18 January 1955 San Lorenzo del Vallo, Cosenza, Italy | (aged 71) | 2015, 2023 | ||
| Francesco Benozzo | 22 February 1969 Modena, Italy | 22 March 2025 Serramazzoni, Modena, Italy | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024 | ||
| 2016 | |||||
| Lygia Fagundes Telles | 19 April 1918 São Paulo, Brazil | 3 April 2022 São Paulo, Brazil | 2016 | ||
| José Manuel Caballero Bonald | 11 November 1926 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | 9 May 2021 Madrid, Spain | 2016 | ||
| Predrag Matvejević | 7 October 1932 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 February 2017 Zagreb, Croatia | 2016 | ||
| Tess Osonye Onwueme | 8 September 1955 Ogwashi Ukwu, Delta, Nigeria | (aged 70) | 2016 | ||
| 2017 | |||||
| Kazuo Ishiguro | 8 November 1954 Nagasaki, Japan | (aged 71) | 2017 | Awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Alessio Arena | 12 October 1996 Palermo, Italy | (aged 29) | 2017 | ||
| Carlos Nejar | 11 January 1939 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | (aged 87) | 2017 | ||
| Jamal Qaiser | 27 July 1972 Rawalpindi, Pakistan | (aged 53) | 2017 | ||
| 2018 | |||||
| Olga Tokarczuk | 29 January 1962 Sulechów, Zielona Góra, Poland | (aged 64) | 2018, 2019 | Awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019. | |
| Manuel Alegre | 12 May 1936 Águeda, Aveiro, Portugal | (aged 89) | 2018 | ||
| Hafez Haidar | 25 May 1953 Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon | (aged 72) | 2018 | ||
| Emanuel Medeiros Vieira | 31 March 1945 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | 29 July 2019 Brasília, Brazil | 2018 | ||
| Ernő Polgár | 27 January 1954 Bácsalmás, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary | 28 October 2018 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | 2018 | ||
| Giorgio Silfer | 13 September 1949 Milan, Italy | (aged 76) | 2018 | ||
| Damdinsurengiin Urainkhai | 12 January 1940 Bulgan, Mongolia | (aged 86) | 2018 | ||
| 2019 | |||||
| Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi | 30 July 1959 Dubai, United Arab Emirates | (aged 66) | 2019 | ||
| Leo Butnaru | 5 January 1949 Negureni, Telenești, Moldova | (aged 77) | 2019 | ||
| Kyriakos Kytoudis | 1961 Larissa, Greece | (aged 65) | 2019 | ||
2020–present
| Picture | Name | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||||
| Louise Glück | 22 April 1943 New York City, New York, United States | 13 October 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 2020 | Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Annie Ernaux | 1 September 1940 Lillebonne, Seine-Maritime, France | (aged 85) | 2020, 2021, 2022 | Awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Etel Adnan | 24 February 1925 Beirut, Lebanon | 14 November 2021 Paris, France | 2020 | ||
| Mário Cláudio | 6 December 1941 Porto, Portugal | (aged 84) | 2020 | ||
| Giovanna Giordano | 12 November 1961 Milan, Italy | (aged 64) | 2020 | ||
| Lorna Goodison | 1 August 1947 Kingston, Jamaica | (aged 78) | 2020 | ||
| Ama Ata Aidoo | 23 March 1942 Abeadzi Kyiakor, Saltpond, Ghana | 31 May 2023 Accra, Ghana | 2020, 2021 | ||
| Antonia Lera | 13 May 1958 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Teramo, Italy | (aged 67) | 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 | ||
| 2021 | |||||
| Abdulrazak Gurnah | 20 December 1948 Zanzibar, Tanzania | (aged 77) | 2021 | Awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. | |
| Denny Januar Ali | 4 January 1963 Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia | (aged 63) | 2021 | ||
| Indran Amirthanayagam | 1960 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 65-66) | 2021 | ||
| Drago Jančar | 13 April 1948 Maribor, Slovenia | (aged 78) | 2021 | ||
| Edna O'Brien | 15 December 1930 Tuamgraney, Ireland | 27 July 2024 London, England | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||
| Jamaica Kincaid | 25 May 1949 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda | (aged 76) | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Scholastique Mukasonga | 20 December 1956 Gikongoro, Rwanda | (aged 69) | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Guido Oldani | 2 May 1947 Melegnano, Milan, Italy | (aged 78) | 2021 | ||
| Xi Xi | 7 October 1937 Shanghai, China | 18 December 2022 Hong Kong | 2021, 2022 | ||
| Vassilis Pappas | 5 July 1958 Vrion, Sarandë, Albania | (aged 67) | 2021, 2023, 2024 | ||
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 15 September 1977 Enugu, Nigeria | (aged 48) | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Zoë Wicomb | 23 November 1948 Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa | 13 October 2025 Glasgow, Scotland | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| 2022 | |||||
| Deonísio da Silva | 30 November 1948 Siderópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | (aged 77) | 2022 | ||
| Edwidge Danticat | 19 January 1969 Port-au-Prince, Haiti | (aged 57) | 2022 | ||
| Georgi Gospodinov | 7 January 1968 Yambol, Bulgaria | (aged 58) | 2022 | ||
| Noé Jitrik | 23 January 1928 Rivera, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 6 October 2022 Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia | 2022 | ||
| Fatos Kongoli | 12 January 1944 Elbasan, Albania | (aged 82) | 2022 | ||
| Shahrnush Parsipur | 17 February 1946 Tehran, Iran | (aged 80) | 2022 | ||
| Serhiy Zhadan | 23 August 1974 Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine | (aged 51) | 2022 | ||
| Adam Kadir | 1942 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia | (aged 84) | 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||
| Marie NDiaye | 4 June 1967 Pithiviers, Loiret, France | (aged 58) | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Martha Nussbaum | 6 May 1947 New York City, New York, United States | (aged 78) | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Ali Smith | 24 August 1962 Inverness, Scotland | (aged 63) | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Claudia Lee Hae-in | 7 June 1945 Yanggu, Gangwon, South Korea | (aged 80) | 2022, 2026 | ||
| 2023 | |||||
| Han Kang | 27 November 1970 Gwangju, South Korea | (aged 55) | 2023, 2024 | Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| José Humberto da Silva Henriques | 17 December 1958 Cruzeiro da Fortaleza, Minas Gerais, Brazil | (aged 67) | 2023 | ||
| Carlos Hugo Garrido Chalén | 16 October 1951 Zorritos, Contralmirante Villar, Peru | (aged 74) | 2023 | ||
| Helle Helle | 14 December 1965 Nakskov, Lolland, Denmark | (aged 60) | 2023, 2025 | ||
| Mieko Kanai | 3 November 1947 Takasaki, Gunma, Japan | (aged 78) | 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Joanne Rowling | 31 July 1965 Yate, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 60) | 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Ida Vitale | 2 November 1923 Montevideo, Uruguay | (aged 102) | 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Alexis Wright | 25 November 1950 Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia | (aged 75) | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 | ||
| 2024 | |||||
| Nicolae Ciucă | 7 February 1967 Plenița, Dolj, Romania | (aged 59) | 2024 | ||
| Maciel de Aguiar | 11 February 1952 Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo, Brazil | (aged 74) | 2024 | ||
| Aka Morchiladze | 10 November 1966 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 59) | 2024 | ||
| Ihor Pavlyuk | 1 January 1967 Rozhysche, Volyn, Ukraine | (aged 59) | 2024 | ||
| Giulio "Mogol" Rapetti | 17 August 1936 Milan, Italy | (aged 89) | 2024 | ||
| Maria Tedeschi | 3 January 1972 Naples, Italy | (aged 54) | 2024 | ||
| Paulina Chiziane | 4 June 1955 Manjacaze, Gaza, Mozambique | (aged 70) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Ananda Devi | 23 March 1957 Trois-Boutiques, Grand Port, Mauritius | (aged 69) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Louise Erdrich | 7 June 1954 Little Falls, Minnesota, United States | (aged 71) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Joy Harjo | 9 May 1951 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | (aged 74) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Leslie Marmon Silko | 5 March 1948 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | (aged 78) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Ersi Sotiropoulou | 1953 Patras, Greece | (aged 73) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Xiaolu Guo | 20 November 1973 Wenling, Zhejiang, China | (aged 52) | 2024, 2025 | ||
| Patricia Grace | 17 August 1937 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 88) | 2024, 2025, 2026 | ||
| 2025 | |||||
| László Krasznahorkai | 5 January 1954 Gyula, Hungary | (aged 72) | 2025 | Awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Helen Garner | 7 November 1942 Geelong, Victoria, Australia | (aged 83) | 2025 | ||
| Cristina Peri Rossi | 12 November 1941 Montevideo, Uruguay | (aged 84) | 2025 | ||
| Enzo Randazzo | 4 January 1949 Sambuca di Sicilia, Agrigento, Italy | (aged 77) | 2025 | ||
| Cristina Rivera Garza | 1 October 1964 Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | (aged 61) | 2025 | ||
| Astrid Roemer | 27 April 1947 Paramaribo, Suriname | 8 January 2026 Paramaribo, Suriname | 2025 | ||
| 2026 | |||||
| Norsiah Abdul Gapar | 24 April 1952 Seria, Belait, Brunei | (aged 73) | 2026 | ||
| Merlie Alunan | 14 December 1943 Dingle, Iloilo, Philippines | (aged 82) | 2026 | ||
| Gina Apostol | 1963 Manila, Philippines | (aged 63) | 2026 | ||
| David Attenborough | 8 May 1926 Isleworth, West London, England | (aged 99) | 2026 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too. | |
| Djenar Maesa Ayu | 14 January 1973 Jakarta, Indonesia | (aged 53) | 2026 | ||
| Douangdeuane Bounyavong | 11 June 1947 Sainyabuli, Laos | (aged 78) | 2026 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too. | |
| Luís Cardoso de Noronha | 8 December 1958 Cailaco, Bobonaro, East Timor | (aged 67) | 2026 | ||
| Leila Chudori | 12 December 1962 Jakarta, Indonesia | (aged 63) | 2026 | ||
| David Dabydeen | 9 December 1955 Berbice, Guyana | (aged 70) | 2026 | ||
| Jose Dalisay Jr. | 15 January 1954 Alcantara, Romblon, Philippines | (aged 72) | 2026 | ||
| Kiana Davenport | 1940 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | (aged 86) | 2026 | ||
| Flora Devantine | 15 October 1942 Tautira, Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti | (aged 83) | 2026 | ||
| Vinita Diteeyont | 14 March 1949 Bangkok, Thailand | (aged 86) | 2026 | ||
| Patricia Evangelista | 1985 Manila, Philippines | (aged 41) | 2026 | ||
| Marjorie Evasco | 21 September 1953 Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines | (aged 72) | 2026 | ||
| Lionel Fogarty | 25 December 1957 Barambah, Queensland, Australia | 12 February 2026 Undullah, Queensland, Australia | 2026 | ||
| Jane Goodall | 3 April 1934 Hampstead, London, England | 1 October 2025 Los Angeles, California, United States | 2026 | Posthumously nominated and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too. | |
| Xanana Gusmão | 20 June 1946 Manatuto, East Timor | (aged 79) | 2026 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too. | |
| Jessica Hagedorn | 29 May 1949 Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines | (aged 76) | 2026 | ||
| Whiti Hereaka | 1978 Taupō, New Zealand | (aged 48) | 2026 | ||
| Khin Khin Htoo | 7 December 1965 Myingyan, Myanmar | (aged 60) | 2026 | ||
| Witi Ihimaera | 7 February 1944 Gisborne, New Zealand | (aged 82) | 2026 | ||
| Chart Korbjitti | 25 June 1954 Samut Sakhon, Thailand | (aged 71) | 2026 | ||
| Shih-Li Kow | 1958 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged 68) | 2026 | ||
| Eka Kurniawan | 28 November 1975 Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia | (aged 50) | 2026 | ||
| Kevin Kwan | 8 November 1973 Singapore | (aged 52) | 2026 | ||
| Yiyun Li | 4 November 1972 Beijing, China | (aged 53) | 2026 | ||
| Catherine Lim | 21 March 1942 Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia | (aged 84) | 2026 | ||
| Suchen Christine Lim | 15 July 1948 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia | (aged 77) | 2026 | ||
| Ma Thida | 2 September 1966 Yangon, Myanmar | (aged 59) | 2026 | ||
| Cecilia Manguerra Brainard | 21 November 1947 Cebu, Philippines | (aged 78) | 2026 | ||
| Resil Mojares | 4 September 1943 Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines | (aged 82) | 2026 | ||
| Nguyễn Ngọc Tư | 1 January 1976 Đầm Dơi, Cà Mau, Vietnam | (aged 50) | 2026 | ||
| Bảo Ninh | 18 October 1952 Diễn Châu, Nghệ An, Vietnam | (aged 73) | 2026 | ||
| Veeraporn Nitiprapha | 4 August 1962 Bangkok, Thailand | (aged 63) | 2026 | ||
| Nu Nu Yi | 18 May 1957 Inwa, Myanmar | (aged 68) | 2026 | ||
| O Thiam Chin | 8 December 1977 Singapore | (aged 48) | 2026 | ||
| Ambeth Ocampo | 13 August 1961 Manila, Philippines | (aged 64) | 2026 | ||
| Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai | 12 August 1973 Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam | (aged 52) | 2026 | ||
| Ninotchka Rosca | 17 December 1946 Manila, Philippines | (aged 79) | 2026 | ||
| Zeus Salazar | 20 April 1934 Tiwi, Albay, Philippines | (aged 92) | 2026 | ||
| Abdul Samad Said | 9 April 1935 Durian Tunggal, Malaysia | (aged 91) | 2026 | ||
| Craig Santos Perez | 6 February 1980 Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam | (aged 46) | 2026 | ||
| Sulak Sivaraksa | 27 March 1933 Bang Rak, Bangkok, Thailand | (aged 93) | 2026 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too. | |
| Russell Soaba | 5 July 1950 Rabaraba, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea | (aged 75) | 2026 | ||
| Chantal Spitz | 18 November 1954 Papeete, French Polynesia | (aged 71) | 2026 | ||
| Amy Tan | 19 February 1952 Oakland, California, United States | (aged 74) | 2026 | ||
| Tan Twan Eng | 30 May 1972 George Town, Penang, Malaysia | (aged 53) | 2026 | ||
| Apirana Taylor | 15 March 1955 Wellington, Nee Zealand | (aged 71) | 2026 | ||
| Konai Helu Thaman | 1946 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | (aged 80) | 2026 | ||
| Haunani-Kay Trask | 3 October 1949 San Francisco, California, United States | 3 July 2021 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | 2026 | Posthumously nominated the only time. | |
| Linda Ty Casper | 17 September 1931 Manila, Philippines | (aged 94) | 2026 | ||
| Ayu Utami | 21 November 1968 Bogor, West Java, Indonesia | (aged 57) | 2026 | ||
| Ocean Vuong | 14 October 1988 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | (aged 37) | 2026 | ||
| Albert Wendt | 27 October 1939 Apia, Samoa | (aged 86) | 2026 | ||
| Tim Winton | 4 August 1960 Karrinyup, Western Australia, Australia | (aged 65) | 2026 | ||
| Prabda Yoon | 2 August 1973 Bangkok, Thailand | (aged 52) | 2026 | ||
See also
- List of Nobel laureates in Literature
- List of female nominees for the Nobel Prize