Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, the first Caribbean writer to receive the honor.

He was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.

On 8 October 2009, it was announced she would be awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.

He returned to Harvard, where he was awarded a master's degree in Slavic Languages and Literature.

Awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage".

In 2007, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (Spain).

One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Swedish writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the year it was awarded to them:

Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1938.