Recent Neustadt Prize Finalists
All Neustadt Prize Finalists (1970-Present)
Each finalist for the Neustadt Prize is nominated by a jury member. The following is a full list of finalists for the prize from 1970 to present day. Sort the list by year, author, country, or language, or search the list.
| YEAR | AUTHOR | GENDER | COUNTRY | CONTINENT | LANGUAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chris Abani | M | Nigeria, US | Africa | English |
| 2024 | Angie Cruz | F | US | North America | English |
| 2024 | Ananda Devi | F | Mauritius | Africa | French |
| 2024 | Jenny Erpenbeck | F | Germany | Europe | German |
| 2024 | Nona Fernández | F | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 2024 | Juan Felipe Herrera | M | US | North America | English |
| 2024 | Maxine Hong Kingston | F | US | North America | English |
| 2024 | Valeria Luiselli | F | Mexico | North America | Spanish |
| 2024 | Shahrnush Parsipur | F | Iran | Western Asia | Persian |
| 2022 | Jean-Pierre Balpe | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2022 | Michális Ganás | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 2022 | Natalie Diaz | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2022 | Micheline Aharonian Marcom | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2022 | Naomi Shihab Nye | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2022 | Cristina Rivera Garza | F | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2022 | Reina María Rodríguez | F | Cuba | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2022 | Ludmilla Petrushevskaya | F | Russia | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 2022 | Kwame Dawes | M | Ghana / Jamaica | Africa / Northern America | English |
| 2022 | Boubacar Boris Diop | M | Senegal | Africa | Wolof |
| 2020 | Emmanuel Carrère | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2020 | Sahar Khalifeh | F | Palestine, US | Western Asia, Northern America | English, Arabic |
| 2020 | Jorie Graham | F | Italy, US | Southern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2020 | Hoa Nguyen | F | Vietnam, US | Southeast Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2020 | Jessica Hagedorn | F | Philippines, US | Southeast Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2020 | Eduardo Halfon | M | Guatemala, US | South America, Northern America | Spanish, English |
| 2020 | Lee Maracle | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2020 | Abdellatif Laâbi | M | Morocco, France | North Africa, Europe | French |
| 2020 | Ismail Kadare | M | Albania, France | Europe | Albanian, French |
| 2018 | Emmanuel Carrère | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2018 | Mohsin Hamid | M | Pakistan, UK, US | Southern Asia, Western Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Mohsin Hamid | M | Pakistan, UK, US | Southern Asia, Western Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Aracelis Girmay | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Yusef Komunyakaa | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Patricia Smith | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Aracelis Girmay | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Yusef Komunyakaa | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Patricia Smith | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Edwidge Danticat | F | Haiti, US | Northern America | English, Haitian |
| 2018 | Edwidge Danticat | F | Haiti, US | Northern America | English, Haitian |
| 2018 | Ludmila Ulitskaya | F | Russia | Eastern Asia | Russian |
| 2018 | Ludmila Ulitskaya | F | Russia | Eastern Asia | Russian |
| 2018 | Jamaica Kincaid | F | Caribbean, US | Caribbean, Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Jamaica Kincaid | F | Caribbean, US | Caribbean, Northern America | English |
| 2018 | Amitav Ghosh | M | India, Bangladesh | Asia | English |
| 2018 | Amitav Ghosh | M | India, Bangladesh | Asia | English |
| 2016 | Ghassan Zaqtan | M | Palestine | Western Asia | Arabic |
| 2016 | Ghassan Zaqtan | M | Palestine | Western Asia | Arabic |
| 2016 | Aminatta Forna | F | Scotland/Sierra Leone | Western Africa, Northern Europe | English |
| 2016 | Aminatta Forna | F | Scotland/Sierra Leone | Western Africa, Northern Europe | English |
| 2016 | Don Paterson | M | Scotland | Northern Europe | English |
| 2016 | Don Paterson | M | Scotland | Northern Europe | English |
| 2016 | Caryl Churchill | F | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 2016 | Caryl Churchill | F | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 2016 | Carolyn Forché | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2016 | Carolyn Forché | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2016 | Guadalupe Nettel | F | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2016 | Guadalupe Nettel | F | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2016 | Ann-Marie MacDonald | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2016 | Ann-Marie MacDonald | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2016 | Dubravka Ugresic | F | Croatia/The Netherlands | Eastern Europe | Croatian |
| 2016 | Dubravka Ugresic | F | Croatia/The Netherlands | Eastern Europe | Croatian |
| 2016 | Can Xue | F | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 2016 | Can Xue | F | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 2014 | Ghassan Zaqtan | M | Palestine | Western Asia | Arabic |
| 2014 | Ghassan Zaqtan | M | Palestine | Western Asia | Arabic |
| 2014 | Duong Thu Huong | F | Viet Nam/France | South-Eastern Asia, Western Europe | Vietnamese |
| 2014 | Duong Thu Huong | F | Viet Nam/France | South-Eastern Asia, Western Europe | Vietnamese |
| 2014 | César Aira | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 2014 | César Aira | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 2014 | Cecile Pineda | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Edward P. Jones | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Cecile Pineda | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Edward P. Jones | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Ilya Kaminsky | M | Ukraine/US | Eastern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Ilya Kaminsky | M | Ukraine/US | Eastern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Chang-rae Lee | M | Korea/US | Eastern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Chang-rae Lee | M | Korea/US | Eastern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2014 | Haruki Murakami | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 2014 | Haruki Murakami | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 2014 | Mia Couto | M | Mozambique | Eastern Africa | Portuguese |
| 2014 | Mia Couto | M | Mozambique | Eastern Africa | Portuguese |
| 2014 | Edouard Maunick | M | Mauritius | Eastern Africa | French |
| 2014 | Edouard Maunick | M | Mauritius | Eastern Africa | French |
| 2012 | Vénus Khoury-Ghata | F | Lebanon/France | Western Asia, Western Europe | French |
| 2012 | Vénus Khoury-Ghata | F | Lebanon/France | Western Asia, Western Europe | French |
| 2012 | Rohinton Mistry | M | India/Canada | Southern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2012 | Rohinton Mistry | M | India/Canada | Southern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2012 | Aleksandar Hemon | M | Bosnia/US | Southern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2012 | Aleksandar Hemon | M | Bosnia/US | Southern Europe, Northern America | English |
| 2012 | Zoë Wicomb | F | South Africa | Southern Africa | English |
| 2012 | Zoë Wicomb | F | South Africa | Southern Africa | English |
| 2012 | Diamela Eltit | F | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 2012 | Diamela Eltit | F | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 2012 | John Banville | M | Ireland | Northern Europe | English |
| 2012 | John Banville | M | Ireland | Northern Europe | English |
| 2012 | Bob Dylan | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2012 | Bob Dylan | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2012 | Elena Poniatowska | F | Mexico (born in France) | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2012 | Elena Poniatowska | F | Mexico (born in France) | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2012 | Tahar Ben Jelloun | M | Morocco | Northern Africa | French |
| 2012 | Tahar Ben Jelloun | M | Morocco | Northern Africa | French |
| 2010 | A.B. Yehoshua | M | Israel | Western Asia | Hebrew |
| 2010 | A.B. Yehoshua | M | Israel | Western Asia | Hebrew |
| 2010 | Michael Ondaatje | M | Sri Lanka/Canada | Southern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Michael Ondaatje | M | Sri Lanka/Canada | Southern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Shahriar Mandanipour | M | Iran | Southern Asia | Persian/Farsi |
| 2010 | Shahriar Mandanipour | M | Iran | Southern Asia | Persian/Farsi |
| 2010 | Athol Fugard | M | South Africa/US | Southern Africa, Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Athol Fugard | M | South Africa/US | Southern Africa, Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Ricardo Piglia | M | Argentina/US | South America, Northern America | Spanish |
| 2010 | Ricardo Piglia | M | Argentina/US | South America, Northern America | Spanish |
| 2010 | Margaret Atwood | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Margaret Atwood | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Ha Jin | M | China/US | Eastern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Ha Jin | M | China/US | Eastern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2010 | Haruki Murakami | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 2010 | Haruki Murakami | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 2010 | Duo Duo | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 2010 | Duo Duo | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 2008 | Jacques Roubaud | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2008 | Jacques Roubaud | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2008 | Saadi Youssef | M | Iraq/UK | Western Asia, Northern Europe | Arabic |
| 2008 | Saadi Youssef | M | Iraq/UK | Western Asia, Northern Europe | Arabic |
| 2008 | Yoel Hoffmann | M | Israel | Western Asia | Hebrew |
| 2008 | Yoel Hoffmann | M | Israel | Western Asia | Hebrew |
| 2008 | Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke | F | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek and English |
| 2008 | Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke | F | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek and English |
| 2008 | Michael Ondaatje | M | Sri Lanka/Canada | Southern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2008 | Michael Ondaatje | M | Sri Lanka/Canada | Southern Asia, Northern America | English |
| 2008 | Patricia Grace | F | New Zealand | Oceania | English/Māori |
| 2008 | Patricia Grace | F | New Zealand | Oceania | English/Māori |
| 2008 | E.L. Doctorow | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2008 | E.L. Doctorow | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2008 | Tsering Woeser | F | Tibet/China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 2008 | Tsering Woeser | F | Tibet/China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 2008 | Haruki Murakami | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 2008 | Haruki Murakami | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 2008 | Ngugi wa Thiong'o | M | Kenya/US | Eastern Africa, Northern America | English/Gikuyu |
| 2008 | Ngugi wa Thiong'o | M | Kenya/US | Eastern Africa, Northern America | English/Gikuyu |
| 2006 | Hélène Cixous | F | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2006 | Hélène Cixous | F | France | Western Europe | French |
| 2006 | Orhan Pamuk | M | Turkey | Western Asia | Turkish |
| 2006 | Orhan Pamuk | M | Turkey | Western Asia | Turkish |
| 2006 | André Brink | M | South Africa | Southern Africa | Afrikaans/English |
| 2006 | André Brink | M | South Africa | Southern Africa | Afrikaans/English |
| 2006 | Per Olov Enquist | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 2006 | Per Olov Enquist | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 2006 | Gerald Stern | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | Philip Roth | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | N. Scott Momaday | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | Gerald Stern | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | Philip Roth | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | N. Scott Momaday | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | Alice Munro | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | Alice Munro | F | Canada | Northern America | English |
| 2006 | Claribel Alegría | F | El Salvador/Nicaragua | Central America | Spanish/English |
| 2006 | Claribel Alegría | F | El Salvador/Nicaragua | Central America | Spanish/English |
| 2006 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | M | Jamaica/UK | Caribbean, Northern Europe | English |
| 2006 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | M | Jamaica/UK | Caribbean, Northern Europe | English |
| 2004 | Chinua Achebe | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | English |
| 2004 | Chinua Achebe | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | English |
| 2004 | José Saramago | M | Portugal | Southern Europe | Portuguese |
| 2004 | José Saramago | M | Portugal | Southern Europe | Portuguese |
| 2004 | J.M. Coetzee | M | South Africa | Southern Africa | English |
| 2004 | J.M. Coetzee | M | South Africa | Southern Africa | English |
| 2004 | Duong Thu Huong | M | Vietnam | South-Eastern Asia | Vietnamese |
| 2004 | Duong Thu Huong | M | Vietnam | South-Eastern Asia | Vietnamese |
| 2004 | Mario Vargas Llosa | M | Peru | South America | Spanish |
| 2004 | Mario Vargas Llosa | M | Peru | South America | Spanish |
| 2004 | Marjorie Agosín | F | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 2004 | Marjorie Agosín | F | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 2004 | Gary Snyder | M | United States | Northern America | English |
| 2004 | Gary Snyder | M | United States | Northern America | English |
| 2004 | Adam Zagajewski | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 2004 | Adam Zagajewski | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 2002 | Antonio Lobo Antunes | M | Portugal | Southern Europe | Portuguese |
| 2002 | Antonio Lobo Antunes | M | Portugal | Southern Europe | Portuguese |
| 2002 | Eduardo Galeano | M | Uruguay | South America | Spanish |
| 2002 | Eduardo Galeano | M | Uruguay | South America | Spanish |
| 2002 | Wilson Harris | M | Guyana | South America | English |
| 2002 | Wilson Harris | M | Guyana | South America | English |
| 2002 | Alvaro Mutis | M | Colombia | South America | Spanish |
| 2002 | Alvaro Mutis | M | Colombia | South America | Spanish |
| 2002 | Luis Fernando Verissimo | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 2002 | Luis Fernando Verissimo | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 2002 | Janet Frame | F | New Zealand | Oceania | English |
| 2002 | Janet Frame | F | New Zealand | Oceania | English |
| 2002 | Peter Matthiessen | M | US | Nothern America | English |
| 2002 | Peter Matthiessen | M | US | Nothern America | English |
| 2002 | Mavis Gallant | M | Canada/France | Northern America, Western Europe | English |
| 2002 | Mavis Gallant | M | Canada/France | Northern America, Western Europe | English |
| 2002 | Homero Aridjis | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2002 | Homero Aridjis | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 2002 | Andrée Chedid | F | Egypt/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 2002 | Andrée Chedid | F | Egypt/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 2000 | Femi Osofisan | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | English |
| 2000 | Femi Osofisan | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | English |
| 2000 | Juan Goytisolo | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 2000 | Juan Goytisolo | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 2000 | Wilson Harris | M | Guyana/England | South America, Northern Europe | English |
| 2000 | Wilson Harris | M | Guyana/England | South America, Northern Europe | English |
| 2000 | David Malouf | M | Australia | Oceania | English |
| 2000 | David Malouf | M | Australia | Oceania | English |
| 2000 | Mirkka Rekola | F | Finland | Northern Europe | Finnish |
| 2000 | Mirkka Rekola | F | Finland | Northern Europe | Finnish |
| 2000 | N. Scott Momaday | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2000 | N. Scott Momaday | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 2000 | György Konrád | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 2000 | György Konrád | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 2000 | Augusto Monterroso | M | Guatemala | Central America | Spanish |
| 2000 | Augusto Monterroso | M | Guatemala | Central America | Spanish |
| 2000 | V.S. Naipaul | M | Trinidad/England | Caribbean, Northern Europe | English |
| 2000 | V.S. Naipaul | M | Trinidad/England | Caribbean, Northern Europe | English |
| 1998 | Les Murray | M | Australia | Oceania | English |
| 1998 | Les Murray | M | Australia | Oceania | English |
| 1998 | R.S. Thomas | M | Wales | Northern Europe | English |
| 1998 | R.S. Thomas | M | Wales | Northern Europe | English |
| 1998 | Doris Lessing | F | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1998 | Doris Lessing | F | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1998 | Adrienne Rich | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1998 | Philip Roth | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1998 | John Ashbery | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1998 | Adrienne Rich | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1998 | Philip Roth | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1998 | John Ashbery | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1998 | Mo Yan | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1998 | Mo Yan | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1998 | Nuruddin Farah | M | Somalia | Eastern Africa | English |
| 1998 | Nuruddin Farah | M | Somalia | Eastern Africa | English |
| 1998 | Ernesto Cardenal | M | Nicaragua | Central America | Spanish |
| 1998 | Ernesto Cardenal | M | Nicaragua | Central America | Spanish |
| 1998 | Frankétienne | M | Haiti | Caribbean | French and Creole |
| 1998 | Frankétienne | M | Haiti | Caribbean | French and Creole |
| 1996 | Werner Lambersy | M | Belgium | Western Europe | French |
| 1996 | Werner Lambersy | M | Belgium | Western Europe | French |
| 1996 | Rafael Alberti | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1996 | Rafael Alberti | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1996 | Vassilis Vassilikos | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 1996 | Vassilis Vassilikos | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 1996 | Nirmal Verma | M | India | Southern Asia | Hindi |
| 1996 | Nirmal Verma | M | India | Southern Asia | Hindi |
| 1996 | Randolph Stow | M | Australia/England | Oceania, Western Europe | English |
| 1996 | Randolph Stow | M | Australia/England | Oceania, Western Europe | English |
| 1996 | Vizma Belsevica | F | Latvia | Northern Europe | Latvian |
| 1996 | Vizma Belsevica | F | Latvia | Northern Europe | Latvian |
| 1996 | Carlos Fuentes | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 1996 | Carlos Fuentes | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 1996 | Tahar Ben Jelloun | M | Morocco/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1996 | Tahar Ben Jelloun | M | Morocco/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1996 | Assia Djebar | F | Algeria/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1996 | Assia Djebar | F | Algeria/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1996 | Bei Dao | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1996 | Bei Dao | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1994 | Cóstas Móntis | M | Cyprus | Western Asia | Greek |
| 1994 | Cóstas Móntis | M | Cyprus | Western Asia | Greek |
| 1994 | Chinua Achebe | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | English |
| 1994 | Chinua Achebe | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | English |
| 1994 | Miguel Delibes | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1994 | Miguel Delibes | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1994 | Mahasveta Devi | F | India | Southern Asia | Bengali |
| 1994 | Mahasveta Devi | F | India | Southern Asia | Bengali |
| 1994 | Seamus Heaney | M | Ireland | Northern Europe | English |
| 1994 | Seamus Heaney | M | Ireland | Northern Europe | English |
| 1994 | Norman Mailer | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1994 | Toni Morrison | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1994 | Norman Mailer | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1994 | Toni Morrison | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1994 | Mohamed Choukri | M | Morocco | Northern Africa | Arabic |
| 1994 | Mohamed Choukri | M | Morocco | Northern Africa | Arabic |
| 1994 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1994 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1994 | Svetlana Alexievich | F | Belarus | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1994 | Svetlana Alexievich | F | Belarus | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1994 | Edward Kamau Braithwaite | M | Barbados | Caribbean | English (Nation Language) |
| 1994 | Edward Kamau Braithwaite | M | Barbados | Caribbean | English (Nation Language) |
| 1992 | Henri Meschonnic | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1992 | Henri Meschonnic | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1992 | Orhan Pamuk | M | Turkey | Western Asia | Turkish |
| 1992 | Orhan Pamuk | M | Turkey | Western Asia | Turkish |
| 1992 | A.B. Yehoshua | M | Israel | Western Asia | Hebrew |
| 1992 | A.B. Yehoshua | M | Israel | Western Asia | Hebrew |
| 1992 | Andrea Zanzotto | F | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian |
| 1992 | Andrea Zanzotto | F | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian |
| 1992 | Eduardo Galeano | M | Uruguay | South America | Spanish |
| 1992 | Eduardo Galeano | M | Uruguay | South America | Spanish |
| 1992 | João Cabral de Melo Neto | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1992 | João Cabral de Melo Neto | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1992 | Christopher Middleton | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1992 | John Berger | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1992 | Christopher Middleton | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1992 | John Berger | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1992 | Habib Tengour | M | Algeria | Northern Africa | French |
| 1992 | Habib Tengour | M | Algeria | Northern Africa | French |
| 1992 | Bella Akhmadulina | F | Russia | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1992 | Bella Akhmadulina | F | Russia | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1992 | Kenzaburo Oe | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 1992 | Kenzaburo Oe | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 1990 | Robert Pinget | M | France (born in Switzerland) | Western Europe | French |
| 1990 | Robert Pinget | M | France (born in Switzerland) | Western Europe | French |
| 1990 | Michel Leiris | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1990 | Michel Leiris | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1990 | Vasko Popa | M | Yugoslavia | Southern Europe | Serbian |
| 1990 | Vasko Popa | M | Yugoslavia | Southern Europe | Serbian |
| 1990 | Östen Sjöstrand | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1990 | Tomas Tranströmer | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1990 | Östen Sjöstrand | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1990 | Tomas Tranströmer | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1990 | Rolf Jacobsen | M | Norway | Northern Europe | Norwegian |
| 1990 | Rolf Jacobsen | M | Norway | Northern Europe | Norwegian |
| 1990 | Mohammad Dib | M | Algeria/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1990 | Mohammad Dib | M | Algeria/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1990 | György Konrád | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1990 | György Konrád | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1990 | Yordan Radichkov | M | Bulgaria | Eastern Europe | Bulgarian |
| 1990 | Yordan Radichkov | M | Bulgaria | Eastern Europe | Bulgarian |
| 1990 | Dai Houying | F | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1990 | Dai Houying | F | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1990 | V.S. Naipaul | M | Trinidad/England | Caribbean, Western Europe | English |
| 1990 | V.S. Naipaul | M | Trinidad/England | Caribbean, Western Europe | English |
| 1988 | René Char | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1988 | René Char | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1988 | Peter Handke | M | Austria | Western Europe | German |
| 1988 | Peter Handke | M | Austria | Western Europe | German |
| 1988 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | M | Senegal | Western Africa | French |
| 1988 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | M | Senegal | Western Africa | French |
| 1988 | Raja Rao | M | India | Southern Asia | English |
| 1988 | Raja Rao | M | India | Southern Asia | English |
| 1988 | Nadine Gordimer | F | South Africa | Southern Africa | English |
| 1988 | Nadine Gordimer | F | South Africa | Southern Africa | English |
| 1988 | João Cabral de Melo Neto | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1988 | João Cabral de Melo Neto | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1988 | Roy Fisher | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1988 | Roy Fisher | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1988 | Ghérasim Luca | M | Romania/France | Eastern Europe, Western Europe | French |
| 1988 | Ghérasim Luca | M | Romania/France | Eastern Europe, Western Europe | French |
| 1988 | Milan Kundera | M | Czechoslovakia/France | Eastern Europe, Western Europe | French |
| 1988 | Milan Kundera | M | Czechoslovakia/France | Eastern Europe, Western Europe | French |
| 1988 | Stanislaw Lem | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1988 | Stanislaw Lem | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1988 | Paule Marshall | F | Barbados/US | Caribbean, Northern America | English |
| 1988 | Paule Marshall | F | Barbados/US | Caribbean, Northern America | English |
| 1986 | Günter Grass | M | West Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1986 | Günter Grass | M | West Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1986 | Max Frisch | M | Switzerland | Western Europe | German |
| 1986 | Max Frisch | M | Switzerland | Western Europe | German |
| 1986 | Yves Bonnefoy | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1986 | Eugène Ionesco | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1986 | Yves Bonnefoy | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1986 | Eugène Ionesco | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1986 | Wole Soyinka | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | Yoruba |
| 1986 | Wole Soyinka | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | Yoruba |
| 1986 | Francisco Ayala | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1986 | Francisco Ayala | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1986 | Primo Levi | M | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian |
| 1986 | Primo Levi | M | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian |
| 1986 | Jorge Luis Borges | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1986 | Jorge Luis Borges | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1986 | Mavis Gallant | F | Canada/France | Northern America, Western Europe | English |
| 1986 | Mavis Gallant | F | Canada/France | Northern America, Western Europe | English |
| 1986 | Kenzaburo Oe | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 1986 | Kenzaburo Oe | M | Japan | Eastern Asia | Japanese |
| 1984 | Manès Sperber | M | Austria/France | Western Europe | German |
| 1984 | Manès Sperber | M | Austria/France | Western Europe | German |
| 1984 | Jorge Amado | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1984 | Jorge Amado | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1984 | Ernesto Sábato | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1984 | Jorge Luis Borges | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1984 | Ernesto Sábato | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1984 | Jorge Luis Borges | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1984 | Paavo Haavikko | M | Finland | Northern Europe | Finnish |
| 1984 | Paavo Haavikko | M | Finland | Northern Europe | Finnish |
| 1984 | Howard Brenton | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1984 | Christopher Logue | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1984 | Donald Davie | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1984 | Howard Brenton | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1984 | Christopher Logue | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1984 | Donald Davie | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1984 | Mohammad Dib | M | Algeria/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1984 | Mohammad Dib | M | Algeria/France | Northern Africa, Western Europe | French |
| 1984 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1984 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1984 | Sándor Weöres | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1984 | Sándor Weöres | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1982 | Max Frisch | M | Switzerland | Western Europe | German |
| 1982 | Max Frisch | M | Switzerland | Western Europe | German |
| 1982 | Eugène Guillevic | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1982 | Eugène Guillevic | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1982 | Leonardo Sciascia | M | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian |
| 1982 | Leonardo Sciascia | M | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian |
| 1982 | Artur Lundkvist | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1982 | Artur Lundkvist | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1982 | Ted Hughes | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1982 | Ted Hughes | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1982 | Laura Riding | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1982 | Robert Penn Warren | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1982 | Laura Riding | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1982 | Robert Penn Warren | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1982 | Octavio Paz | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 1982 | Octavio Paz | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 1982 | Vladimir Voinovich | M | USSR/West Germany | Eastern Europe, Western Europe | Russian |
| 1982 | Vladimir Voinovich | M | USSR/West Germany | Eastern Europe, Western Europe | Russian |
| 1982 | Ba Jin | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1982 | Ba Jin | M | China | Eastern Asia | Chinese |
| 1980 | Günter Grass | M | West Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1980 | Günter Grass | M | West Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1980 | Yves Bonnefoy | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1980 | Yves Bonnefoy | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1980 | Miroslav Krleza | M | Yugoslavia | Southern Europe | Croatian |
| 1980 | Miroslav Krleza | M | Yugoslavia | Southern Europe | Croatian |
| 1980 | Alberto de Lacerda | M | Portugal | Southern Europe | Portuguese |
| 1980 | Alberto de Lacerda | M | Portugal | Southern Europe | Portuguese |
| 1980 | Yannis Ritsos | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 1980 | Yannis Ritsos | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 1980 | Mulk Raj Anand | M | India | Southern Asia | English |
| 1980 | Mulk Raj Anand | M | India | Southern Asia | English |
| 1980 | Breyten Breytenbach | M | South Africa | Southern Africa | Afrikaans and English |
| 1980 | Breyten Breytenbach | M | South Africa | Southern Africa | Afrikaans and English |
| 1980 | Norman Maccaig | M | Scotland | Northern Europe | English |
| 1980 | Norman Maccaig | M | Scotland | Northern Europe | English |
| 1980 | Josef Skvokecky | M | Czechoslovakia/Canada | Eastern Europe, Northern America | Czech |
| 1980 | Josef Skvokecky | M | Czechoslovakia/Canada | Eastern Europe, Northern America | Czech |
| 1980 | Kim Chi Ha | M | South Korea | Eastern Asia | Korean |
| 1980 | Kim Chi Ha | M | South Korea | Eastern Asia | Korean |
| 1978 | Elias Canetti | M | Austria/England | Western Europe, Northern Europe | German |
| 1978 | Elias Canetti | M | Austria/England | Western Europe, Northern Europe | German |
| 1978 | Georges Schéhadé | M | Lebanon/France | Western Asia, Western Europe | French |
| 1978 | Georges Schéhadé | M | Lebanon/France | Western Asia, Western Europe | French |
| 1978 | Carlos Drummond de Andrade | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1978 | Carlos Drummond de Andrade | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1978 | Anthony Powell | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1978 | Graham Green | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1978 | Anthony Powell | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1978 | Graham Green | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1978 | Eudora Welty | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1978 | Eudora Welty | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1978 | Nadezhda Mandelstam | F | USSR (Russia) | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1978 | Nadezhda Mandelstam | F | USSR (Russia) | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1978 | Czeslaw Milosz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1978 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1978 | Czeslaw Milosz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1978 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1978 | János Pilinszky | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1978 | János Pilinszky | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1978 | V.S. Naipaul | M | West Indies/England | Caribbean, Northern Europe | English |
| 1978 | V.S. Naipaul | M | West Indies/England | Caribbean, Northern Europe | English |
| 1976 | Bert Schierbeek | M | The Netherlands | Western Europe | English |
| 1976 | Bert Schierbeek | M | The Netherlands | Western Europe | English |
| 1976 | Wole Soyinka | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | Yoruba |
| 1976 | Wole Soyinka | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | Yoruba |
| 1976 | Yannis Ritsos | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 1976 | Yannis Ritsos | M | Greece | Southern Europe | Greek |
| 1976 | Anaïs Nin | F | US (born in France) | Northern America | English |
| 1976 | Anaïs Nin | F | US (born in France) | Northern America | English |
| 1976 | Elizabeth Bishop | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1976 | Robert Lowell | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1976 | Elizabeth Bishop | F | US | Northern America | English |
| 1976 | Robert Lowell | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1976 | Tawfiq al-Hakim | M | Egypt | Northern Africa | Arabic |
| 1976 | Tawfiq al-Hakim | M | Egypt | Northern Africa | Arabic |
| 1976 | Andrei Voznesensky | M | USSR (Russia) | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1976 | Andrei Voznesensky | M | USSR (Russia) | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1976 | Czeslaw Milosz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1976 | Tadeusz Rózewicz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1976 | Czeslaw Milosz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1976 | Tadeusz Rózewicz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1974 | Francis Ponge | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1974 | Francis Ponge | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1974 | Anna Seghers | F | East Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1974 | Anna Seghers | F | East Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1974 | Henri Michaux | M | Belgium | Western Europe | French |
| 1974 | Henri Michaux | M | Belgium | Western Europe | French |
| 1974 | Georges Schéhadé | M | Lebanon | Western Asia | French |
| 1974 | Georges Schéhadé | M | Lebanon | Western Asia | French |
| 1974 | Wole Soyinka | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | Yoruba |
| 1974 | Wole Soyinka | M | Nigeria | Western Africa | Yoruba |
| 1974 | Eyvind Johnson | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1974 | Eyvind Johnson | M | Sweden | Northern Europe | Swedish |
| 1974 | Ian Hamilton Finlay | M | Scotland | Northern Europe | English |
| 1974 | Ian Hamilton Finlay | M | Scotland | Northern Europe | English |
| 1974 | Allen Tate | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1974 | Allen Tate | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1974 | Zaharia Stancu | M | Romania | Eastern Europe | Romanian |
| 1974 | Zaharia Stancu | M | Romania | Eastern Europe | Romanian |
| 1974 | Gyula Illyés | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1974 | Gyula Illyés | M | Hungary | Eastern Europe | Hungarian |
| 1974 | Doris Lessing | F | Rhodesia | Eastern Africa | English |
| 1974 | Doris Lessing | F | Rhodesia | Eastern Africa | English |
| 1972 | Claude Simon | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1972 | Nathalie Sarraute | F | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1972 | Claude Simon | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1972 | Nathalie Sarraute | F | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1972 | Birago Diop | M | Senegal | Western Africa | French |
| 1972 | Birago Diop | M | Senegal | Western Africa | French |
| 1972 | Vasko Popa | M | Yugoslavia | Southern Europe | Serbian |
| 1972 | Vasko Popa | M | Yugoslavia | Southern Europe | Serbian |
| 1972 | Gabriel García Márquez | M | Colombia | South America | Spanish |
| 1972 | Gabriel García Márquez | M | Colombia | South America | Spanish |
| 1972 | Carlos Drummond de Andrade | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1972 | Carlos Drummond de Andrade | M | Brazil | South America | Portuguese |
| 1972 | Paavo Haavikko | M | Finland | Northern Europe | Finnish |
| 1972 | Paavo Haavikko | M | Finland | Northern Europe | Finnish |
| 1972 | Harold Pinter | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1972 | Harold Pinter | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1972 | Octavio Paz | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 1972 | Octavio Paz | M | Mexico | Northern America | Spanish |
| 1972 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1972 | Czeslaw Milosz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1972 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1972 | Czeslaw Milosz | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1970 | Hans Magnus Enzensberger | M | West Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1970 | Hans Magnus Enzensberger | M | West Germany | Western Europe | German |
| 1970 | Pierre-Jean Jouve | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1970 | Francis Ponge | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1970 | Pierre-Jean Jouve | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1970 | Francis Ponge | M | France | Western Europe | French |
| 1970 | Jorge Guillén | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1970 | Jorge Guillén | M | Spain | Southern Europe | Spanish |
| 1970 | Giuseppe Ungaretti | M | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian, French |
| 1970 | Giuseppe Ungaretti | M | Italy | Southern Europe | Italian, French |
| 1970 | Pablo Neruda | M | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 1970 | Pablo Neruda | M | Chile | South America | Spanish |
| 1970 | Jorge Luis Borges | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1970 | Jorge Luis Borges | M | Argentina | South America | Spanish |
| 1970 | Graham Greene | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1970 | Graham Greene | M | England | Northern Europe | English |
| 1970 | Conrad Aiken | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1970 | John Berryman | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1970 | Conrad Aiken | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1970 | John Berryman | M | US | Northern America | English |
| 1970 | Alexander Solzhenitsyn | M | USSR (Russia) | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1970 | Alexander Solzhenitsyn | M | USSR (Russia) | Eastern Europe | Russian |
| 1970 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1970 | Zbigniew Herbert | M | Poland | Eastern Europe | Polish |
| 1970 | Edward Brathwaite | M | Barbados | Caribbean | Nation Language English |
| 1970 | Edward Brathwaite | M | Barbados | Caribbean | Nation Language English |
