No.
Nominee
Country
Genre(s)
Nominator(s)
1
Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
United States
poetry, novel, short story, literary criticism, autobiography
Samuel Frederick Johnson (1918–2005)
2
Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984)
Spain
poetry
Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990)
3
Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
Brazil
novel, short story
Antônio Olinto (1919–2009)
4
Antonio Aniante (1900–1973)
Italy
drama
Vittorio Vettori (1920–2004)
5
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973)
United Kingdom United States
poetry, essays, screenplay
6
Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985)
Italy
novel, drama, essays
7
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971) (posthumous nomination )
India
novel, short story, drama, essays, autobiography, songwriting
Nobel Committee
8
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)
France
novel, drama, memoir, philosophy, essays, short story
Walter Ralph Johnson (born 1933)
9
Saul Bellow (1915–2005)
Canada United States
novel, short story, memoir, essays
Roger Asselineau (1915–2002)
10
Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979)
Belgium
novel, essays, short story, poetry
11
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
Argentina
poetry, essays, translation, short story
12
Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991)
Yugoslavia
novel, short story, drama, essays
Allan Philip (1927–2004)
13
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
United Kingdom
novel, poetry, drama, screenplay, autobiography, biography, essays, literary criticism, translation
Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)
14
Michel Butor (1926–2016)
France
poetry, novel, essays, translation
Leon Samuel Roudiez (1917–2004)
15
Elias Canetti (1905–1994)
Bulgaria United Kingdom
novel, drama, memoir, essays
Manfred Durzak (born 1938) Keith Spalding (1913–2002) Dorothea Zeemann (1909–1993)
16
Camilo José Cela (1916–2002)
Spain
novel, short story, essay, poetry, drama, memoir
17
André Chamson (1900–1983)
France
novel, essays
Yannis Koutsocheras (1904–1994) Yves Gandon (1899–1975) Armand Lunel (1892–1977)Guy Nairay (1914–1999) Gunnar Tilander (1894–1973)
18
René Char (1907–1988)
France
poetry
19
Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890–1977)
India
essays, pedagogy, literary criticism
Nobel Committee
20
Chiang Yee (1903–1977)
China
memoir, poetry, essays
Lo Hsiang-lin (1906–1978)
21
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007)
India United States
poetry, drama, short story, essays, songwriting
Joseph Axelrod (1910–1974) Karl Kroeber (1926–2009)Peter Pitzele (born 1942)
22
Albert Cohen (1895–1981)
Switzerland
novel, drama, essays
Joseph Kessel (1898–1979)
23
Adolfo Costa du Rels (1891–1980)
Bolivia
novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays
Humberto Palza (1900–1975)
24
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914–2008)
Turkey
poetry
Yaşar Nabi Nayır (1908–1981)
25
Indira Devi Dhanrajgir (born 1930)
India
poetry, essays
Krishna Srinivas (1913–2007)
26
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
Switzerland
drama, novel, short story, essays
Werner Betz (1912–1980)
27
Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996)
Greece
poetry, essays, translation
Nobel Committee
28
Rabbe Enckell (1903–1974)
Finland
short story, poetry
Eeva Kilpi (born 1928)
29
Salvador Espriu (1913–1985)
Spain
drama, novel, poetry
Antoni Comas i Pujol (1931–1981)
30
James Thomas Farrell (1904–1979)
United Kingdom
novel, short story, poetry
Duane Schneider (1937–2012)
31
José Maria Ferreira de Castro (1898–1978)
Portugal
novel
Antônio Olinto (1919–2009)
32
Max Frisch (1911–1991)
Switzerland
novel, drama
Wolfram Naumann (1921–2021)
33
Romain Gary (1914–1980)
Lithuania France
novel, essays, literary criticism, screenplay
Walther Hinz (1906–1992)
34
William Golding (1911–1993)
United Kingdom
novel, poetry, drama, essays
Erik Frykman (1919–2010)
35
Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)
South Africa
novel, short story, essay, drama
Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)
36
Julien Gracq (1910–2007)
France
novel, drama, poetry, essays
Georges Matoré (1908–1998)
37
Günter Grass (1927–2015)
Germany
novel, drama, poetry, essays
Manfred Windfuhr (born 1930)
38
Robert Graves (1895–1985)
United Kingdom
history, novel, poetry, literary criticism, essays
Ellsworth Mason (1917–2013)
39
Julien Green (1900–1998)
France
novel, autobiography, essays
40
Graham Greene (1904–1991)
United Kingdom
novel, short story, autobiography, essays
Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)Sylvère Monod (1921–2006) Herbert Morgan Waidson (1916–1988)
41
Jorge Guillén (1893–1984)
Spain
poetry, literary criticism
Kasimir Geza Werner (1900–1985)
42
Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008)
Finland
poetry, drama, essays
Eeva Kilpi (born 1928)
43
William Heinesen (1900–1991)
Faroe Islands
poetry, short story, novel
44
Vladimír Holan (1905–1980)
Czechoslovakia
poetry, essays
Nobel Committee
45
Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
Egypt
novel, short story, poetry, translation
Ibrahim Madkour (?)
46
Gyula Illyés (1902–1983)
Hungary
poetry, novel, drama, essays
47
Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991)
Romania
poetry, essays, translation
48
Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)
Sweden
novel, short story
49
Ferenc Juhász (1928–2015)
Hungary
poetry
Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)
50
Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015)
Turkey
novel, essays
51
Erich Kästner (1899–1974)
Germany
poetry, screenplay, autobiography
Hermann Kesten (1900–1996)
52
Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)
Croatia Yugoslavia
poetry, drama, short story, novel, essays
Nobel Committee
53
Manbohdan Lal (?)
India
54
Frank Raymond Leavis (1895–1978)
United Kingdom
literary criticism, essays
Mary Renault (1905–1983)
55
Doris Lessing (1919–2013)
United Kingdom
novel, short story, memoirs, drama, poetry, essays
Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)
56
Lin Yutang (1895–1976)
China
novel, philosophy, essays, translation
José María Acosta Acosta (?)
57
Väinö Linna (1920–1992)
Finland
novel
Eeva Kilpi (born 1928)
58
Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
United States
poetry, translation
Hans Galinsky (1909–1991)
59
Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978)
Spain
essays, history, law, novel
Julián Gorkin (1901–1987)
60
Norman Mailer (1923–2007)
United States
novel, short story, poetry, essays, biography, drama, screenplay
61
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986)
United States
novel, short story
Nobel Committee
62
André Malraux (1901–1976)
France
novel, essays, literary criticism
Henning Fenger (1921–1985) Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980)Jan Kott (1914–2001)Maija Lehtonen (1924–2015) Henri Peyre (1901–1988)John Henry Raleigh (1920–2001) Carl Stief (1914–1998) Laurent Versini (1932–2021)
63
Frederick Manfred (1912–1994)
United States
novel, essays
Robert G. Athearn (1914-1983) Joseph M. Flora (born 1934) Wayne Knutson (1926–2015) Robert W. Lewis (1930–2013)
64
Gustave Lucien Martin-Saint-René (1888–1973)
France
poetry, novel, essays, literary criticism, drama, songwriting, short story
Henri Guiter (1909–1994)
65
Harry Martinson (1904–1978)
Sweden
poetry, novel, drama, essays
66
Zenta Mauriņa (1897–1978)
Latvia
short story, autobiography, essays, translation, philology
Mārtiņš Zīverts (1903–1990)
67
László Mécs (1895–1978)
Hungary
poetry, essays
József Fülöp (1927–1994) Károly Wojatsek (1916–2008) Anthony Etele (1911–2010) Nándor Dreisziger (born 1940) Bennett Kovrig (born 1940) Leslie Duska (?) János Miska (1932–2022) Alexander Kristóf (?) Pál Nyiregyházy (?) András László (1919–1988) Watson Kirkconnell (1895–1977)Bela Talbot Kardos (?) György Nagy (1939–2023)
68
Veijo Meri (1928–2015)
Finland
novel, short story, poetry, essays
Nobel Committee
69
Henri Michaux (1899–1984)
Belgium France
poetry, essays
Lars Forssell (1928–2007)
70
Arthur Miller (1915–2005)
United States
drama, screenplay, essays
Andri Peer (1921–1985)
71
Henry Miller (1891–1980)
United States
novel, short story, memoir, essays
Allan Philip (1927–2004)
72
Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973)
Sweden
novel, drama, history
Gunnar Tilander (1894–1973)
73
Eugenio Montale (1896–1981)
Italy
poetry, translation
Uberto Limentani (1913–1989) Andri Peer (1921–1985) Luciano Rebay (1928–2014)
74
Alberto Moravia (1907–1990)
Italy
novel, literary criticism, essays, drama
Jacques Robichez (1914–1999)
75
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
Russia United States
novel, short story, poetry, drama, translation, literary criticism, memoir
76
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932–2018)
Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom
novel, short story, essays
Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991)
77
José María Pemán (1897–1981)
Spain
poetry, drama, novel, essays, screenplay
Manuel Halcón (1900–1989)
78
Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Rahnamā (1894–1990)
Iran
history, essays, translation
Manouchehr Eghbal (1909–1977)
79
John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
United States
poetry, essays, literary criticism
Samuel Frederick Johnson (1918–2005)
80
Evaristo Ribera Chevremont (1890–1976)
Puerto Rico
poetry
Ernesto Juan Fonfrías (1909–1990)
81
Yannis Ritsos (1909–1990)
Greece
poetry, songwriting
Nobel Committee
82
Tadeusz Rózewicz (1921–2014)
Poland
poetry, drama, translation
Józef Trypućko (1910–1983)
83
Hans Ruin (1891–1980)
Finland Sweden
philosophy
Arthur Arnholtz (1901–1973)
84
Hannu Salama (born 1936)
Finland
novel, short story, poetry
Magnus von Platen (1920–2020)
85
Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001)
Senegal
poetry, essays
Roger Asselineau (1915–2002)
86
Claude Simon (1913–2005)
France
novel, essays
87
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)
Poland United States
novel, short story, autobiography, essays
Moshe Starkman (1906–1975)
88
Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)
Romania
poetry, novel, philosophy, essays
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)Alf Lombard (1902–1996) Andri Peer (1921–1985) Virgil Teodorescu (1909–1987)
89
Pratap Narayan Tandon (?)
India
novel, short story
Brij Behari Nayak (?)
90
Marie Under (1883–1980)
Estonia
poetry
Algirdas Landsbergis (1924–2004) Ants Oras (1900–1982)
91
José García Villa (1908–1997)
Philippines United States
poetry, essays
Purita Kalaw Ledesma (1914–2005)
92
Paul Voivenel (1880–1975)
France
memoir, essays
Roland Dorgelès (1885–1973)
93
Gerard Walschap (1898–1989)
Belgium
novel, drama, essays
94
Sándor Weöres (1913–1989)
Hungary
poetry, translation
Áron Kibédi Varga (1930–2018)
95
Patrick White (1912–1990)
Australia
novel, short story, drama, poetry, autobiography
96
Martin Wickramasinghe (1890–1976)
Sri Lanka
novel, short story, drama, literary criticism, essays, philosophy, autobiography, biography, history
Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996)
97
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)
Romania United States
memoir, essays, novel, drama
98
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)
United States
drama, novel, short story
Wolfgang Clemen (1909–1990)
99
Xu Xu (1908–1980)
China Hong Kong
novel, poetry, drama, essays, literary criticism
Lee Chiu-seng (?)
100
Amado Yuzon (1906–1979)
Philippines
poetry, essays
Emeterio Barcelon Barcelo-Soriano (1897-1978)
101
Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977)
Germany
drama, screenplay
Erich Ruprecht (1965–1972)