Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Neustadt International Prize
for Literature
The Neustadt Prize Feather.jpg
The Neustadt Prize Feather
Country United States
Presented by University of Oklahoma, World Literature Today
Reward(s)$50,000
First awarded1970
Website www.neustadtprize.org

The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today . [1]

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It is considered one of the more prestigious international literary prizes, often compared with the Nobel Prize in Literature. The New York Times called the prize “The Oklahoma Nobel” in 1982, [2] and the prize is sometimes referred to as the “American Nobel”. [3] [4] Since it was founded in 1970, some 30 of its laureates, candidates, or jurors have also been awarded Nobel Prizes. [5] [6] [7] [8] Like the Nobel, it is awarded to individuals for their entire body of work, not for a single one.

History

The Neustadt International Prize for Literature was established as the Books Abroad International Prize for Literature in 1969 by Ivar Ivask, editor of Books Abroad. It was subsequently renamed the Books Abroad/Neustadt Prize, and the award assumed its present name in 1976. It is the first international literary award of this scope to originate in the United States and is one of the very few international prizes for which poets, novelists, and playwrights are equally eligible. [7]

Award

The Prize is a silver eagle feather, a certificate, and $50,000 USD. The award was endowed by Walter and Doris Neustadt [9] of Ardmore, Oklahoma to ensure the award in perpetuity. [10]

The charter of the Neustadt Prize stipulates that the award be given in recognition of outstanding achievement in poetry, fiction, or drama and that it be conferred solely on the basis of literary merit. Any living author writing in any language is eligible, provided only that at least a representative portion of his or her work is available in English, the language used during the jury deliberations. The prize may serve to crown a lifetime's achievement or to direct attention to an important body of work that is still developing. The prize is not open to application. [11]

Selection

Candidates are selected by a jury of at least seven members. Selection is not limited by geographic area, language or genre.

The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is the only international literary award of this scope developed in the United States. It is one of few international prizes for which poets, novelists and playwrights alike are equally eligible.

Neustadt Laureates

Source: [12]

YearPictureNameCountryLanguage(s)Genre(s)Ref(s)
1970 Giuseppe Ungaretti (basco).jpg Giuseppe Ungaretti
(1888–1970)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Italian poetry, literary criticism, essay
1972 Gabriel Garcia Marquez2 (2009).jpg Gabriel García Márquez
(1927–2014)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Spanish novel, short story, autobiography, screenplay
1974 Francis Ponge
(1899–1988)
Flag of France.svg  France French poetry, essay
1976 Elizabeth Bishop, 1964.jpg Elizabeth Bishop
(1911–1979)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Englishpoetry, short story
1978 Czeslaw Milosz 3 ap.tif Czesław Miłosz
(1911–2004)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Polish poetry, essay
1980 Josef skvorecky.jpg Josef Škvorecký
(1924–2012)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Czech novel, short story, essay
1982 Octavio Paz - 1988 Malmo.jpg Octavio Paz
(1914–1998)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Spanish poetry, essay
1984 Paavo Juhani Haavikko.jpg Paavo Haavikko
(1931–2008)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Finnish poetry, drama, essay
1986 ETH-BIB-Max Frisch-Com C20-015-023-001.jpg Max Frisch
(1911–1991)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland German novel, drama, philosophy
1988 Raja Rao
(1906–2006)
Flag of India.svg  India

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Englishnovel, short story, essay
1990 Transtroemer.jpg Tomas Tranströmer
(1931–2015)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Swedish poetry, translation
1992 João Cabral de Melo Neto
(1920–1999)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Portuguese poetry, autobiography
1994 Edward Kamau Brathwaite
(1930–2020)
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Englishpoetry, essay
1996 Assia Djebar.jpg Assia Djebar
(1936–2015)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Flag of France.svg  France

French novel, essay, translation [13]
1998 3Nuruddin Farah.jpg Nuruddin Farah
(b. 1945)
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Englishnovel, short story, drama, essay, autobiography
2000 David Malouf.JPG David Malouf
(b. 1934)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Englishnovel, short story, poetry, drama, memoirs
2002 Alvaro Mutis - A Pobra do Caraminal.jpg Álvaro Mutis
(1923–2013)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Spanish novel, poetry, essay [14]
2004 Adam Zagajewski 2014 in Stockholm.jpg Adam Zagajewski
(1945–2021)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polish novel, poetry, essay, translation [15] [16]
2006 Claribel Alegria.jpg Claribel Alegría
(1924–2018)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua

Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador

Spanish novel, poetry, essay [17] [18] [19]
2008 Blank.png Patricia Grace
(b. 1937)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Englishnovel, short story [20] [21] [22]
2010 Blank.png Duo Duo
(b. 1951)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Chinese poetry [23] [24]
2012 Blank.png Rohinton Mistry
(b. 1952)
Flag of India.svg  India

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Englishnovel, short story [5] [6]
2014 Mia Couto cropped.jpg Mia Couto
(b. 1955)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Portuguesenovel, short story, poetry [25] [26]
2016 Dubravka Ugresic 2011 NBCC Awards 2012 Shankbone.JPG Dubravka Ugrešić
(1949–2023)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Croatiannovel, short story [27]
2018 Edwidge Danticat (48794720061) (cropped).jpg Edwidge Danticat
(b. 1969)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti

Englishnovel, short story, biography [28]
2020 Ismail Kadare (portret).jpg Ismail Kadare
(b. 1936)
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Albaniannovel, short story, poetry, essay, drama, screenplay [29]
2022 Blank.png Boubacar Boris Diop
(b. 1946)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Wolof/Frenchnovel, drama, essay, screenplay [30]
2024 Blank.png Ananda Devi
(b. 1957)
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Frenchnovel, short story, poetry[ citation needed ]

NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature

Source: [31]

YearNameCountryLanguage(s)Ref(s)
2003 Mildred D. Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2005 Brian Doyle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada English
2007 Katherine Paterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2009 Vera B. Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2011 Virginia Euwer Wolff Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2013 Naomi Shihab Nye Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2015 Meshack Asare Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana English
2017 Marilyn Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2019 Margarita Engle Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Cuban)English
2021 Cynthia Leitich Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States English
2023 Gene Luen Yang Flag of the United States.svg  United States English

List of Neustadt Laureates, Finalists and Jurors

YearFinalistCountryNominating Juror
1970 Giuseppe Ungaretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

No information provided about the individual nominations from the jurors.

Conrad Aiken Flag of the United States.svg  United States
John Berryman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Jorge Luis Borges Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Edward Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
Hans Magnus Enzensberger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Graham Greene Flag of England.svg  England
Jorge Guillén Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Zbigniew Herbert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Pierre-Jean Jouve Flag of France.svg  France
Pablo Neruda Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Francis Ponge Flag of France.svg  France
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
1972 Gabriel García Márquez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Thor Vilhjálmsson (Iceland)
Zbigniew Herbert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland François Bondy (Switzerland)
Vasko Popa Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia T. Carmi (Israel)
Claude Simon Flag of France.svg  France Odysseus Elytis (Greece)
Harold Pinter Flag of England.svg  England Jovan Hristic (Yugoslavia)
Paavo Haavikko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kai Laitinen (Finland)
Birago Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Camara Laye (Guinea)
Nathalie Sarraute Flag of France.svg  France Vera Linhartová (Czechoslovakia)
Czesław Miłosz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kenneth Rexroth (US)
Octavio Paz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Fernand Verhesen (Belgium)
1974 Francis Ponge Flag of France.svg  France Michel Butor (France)
Wole Soyinka Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
Georges Schéhadé Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon/Flag of France.svg  France Adonis (Lebanon)
Ian Hamilton Finlay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Ernst Jandl (Austria)
Gyula Illyés Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ferenc Karinthy (Hungary)
Eyvind Johnson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Olof Lagercrantz (Sweden)
Zaharia Stancu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania George Dem. Loghin (Romania)
Allen Tate Flag of the United States.svg  United States Mario Luzi (Italy)
Doris Lessing Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Joyce Carol Oates (US)
Henri Michaux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium/Flag of France.svg  France Andri Peer (Switzerland)
Anna Seghers Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany John Willett (UK)
1976 Elizabeth Bishop Flag of the United States.svg  United States John Ashbery (USA) and Marie-Claire Blais (Canada)
Yannis Ritsos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Melih Cevdet Anday (Turkey)
Anaïs Nin Flag of France.svg  France/Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Agustí Bartra (Spain)
Bert Schierbeek Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands H. C. ten Berge (The Netherlands)
Andrei Voznesensky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Paal Brekke (Norway)
Wole Soyinka Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Dennis Brutus (South Africa)
Tawfiq al-Hakim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohammed Dib (Algeria)
Czesław Miłosz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Zbigniew Herbert (Poland)
Robert Lowell Flag of the United States.svg  United States Thomas Kinsella (Ireland)
Tadeusz Rózewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Günter Kunert (East Germany)
1978 Czesław Miłosz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Joseph Brodsky (US/USSR)
Anthony Powell Flag of England.svg  England Tuomas Anhava (Finland)
Nadezhda Mandelstam Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Thorkild Bjørnvig (Denmark)
Carlos Drummond de Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Antônio Candido (Brazil)
Zbigniew Herbert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Walter Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
János Pilinszky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ágnes Gergely (Hungary)
Elias Canetti Flag of Austria.svg  Austria/Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria/Flag of England.svg  England Wolfgang Kraus (Austria)
Graham Greene Flag of England.svg  England R. K. Narayan (India)
Eudora Welty Flag of the United States.svg  United States William Jay Smith (US)
V. S. Naipaul Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago/Flag of England.svg  England Derek Walcott (Saint Lucia)
Georges Schéhadé Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon/Flag of France.svg  France Andrée Chedid (Egypt/France)
1980 Josef Škvorecký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia/Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Arnost Lustig (Czechoslovakia/US)
Alberto de Lacerda Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Luis Amorim de Sousa (Portugal)
Breyten Breytenbach Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa André Brink (South Africa)
Yves Bonnefoy Flag of France.svg  France Claude Esteban (France)
Günter Grass Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Thomas Keneally (Australia)
Kim Chi-ha Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yotaro Konaka (Japan) and Muriel Rukeyser (US)
Mulk Raj Anand Flag of India.svg  India Shiv K. Kumar (India)
Miroslav Krleza Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Vasa D. Mihailovich (Yugoslavia/US)
Yannis Ritsos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece George Savidis (Greece)
Norman Maccaig Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Alexander Scott (UK)
1982 Octavio Paz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Manuel Durán (Spain/US)
Ted Hughes Flag of England.svg  England Yehuda Amichai (Israel)
Laura Riding Flag of the United States.svg  United States Poul Borum (Denmark)
Robert Penn Warren Flag of the United States.svg  United States John L. Brown (US)
Vladimir Voinovich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union/ Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Efim Etkind (USSR/France)
Max Frisch Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Francine du Plessix Gray (US)
Guillevic Flag of France.svg  France Mimmo Morina (Italy/Luxembourg)
Ba Jin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hualing Nieh (China/US)
Artur Lundkvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Östen Sjöstrand (Sweden)
Leonardo Sciascia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giancarlo Vigorelli (Italy)
1984 Paavo Haavikko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Bo Carpelan (Finland)
Zbigniew Herbert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Stanislaw Baranczak (Poland/US)
Jorge Amado Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Mouloud Mammeri (Algeria)
Howard Brenton Flag of England.svg  England Kamala Markandaya (India/UK)
Christopher Logue Flag of England.svg  England N. Scott Momaday (US)
Sándor Weöres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ottó Orbán (Hungary)
Ernesto Sábato Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Edouard Roditi (US/France)
Mohammed Dib Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria/Flag of France.svg  France Eric Sellin (US)
Donald Davie Flag of England.svg  England Charles Tomlinson (UK)
Jorge Luis Borges Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Luisa Valenzuela (Argentina)
Manès Sperber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria/Flag of France.svg  France Elie Wiesel (US/Israel/France)
1986 Max Frisch Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Adolf Muschg (Switzerland)
Wole Soyinka Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Maya Angelou (US)
Francisco Ayala Flag of Spain.svg  Spain José Luis Cano (Spain)
Primo Levi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Margherita Guidacci (Italy)
Kenzaburo Oe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shuichi Kato (Japan)
Jorge Luis Borges Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Sigurur Magnússon (Iceland)
Günter Grass Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Gregory Rabassa (US)
Yves Bonnefoy Flag of France.svg  France Anthony Rudolf (UK)
Eugène Ionesco Flag of Romania.svg  Romania/Flag of France.svg  France Iordan Chimet (Romania)
Mavis Gallant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada/Flag of France.svg  France Mordecai Richler (Canada)
1988 Raja Rao Flag of India.svg  India Edwin Thumboo (Singapore)
Ghérasim Luca Flag of Romania.svg  Romania/Flag of France.svg  France Andrei Codrescu (Romania/US)
Stanislaw Lem Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Lars Gustafsson (Sweden)
René Char Flag of France.svg  France Raymond Jean (France)
Milan Kundera Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia/Flag of France.svg  France Algirdas Landsbergis (Lithuania/US)
Léopold Sédar Senghor Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Jean-Luc Moreau (France)
João Cabral de Melo Neto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Nélida Piñon (Brazil)
Peter Handke Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Jutta Schutting (Austria)
Roy Fisher Flag of England.svg  England Jon Silkin (England)
Nadine Gordimer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Susan Sontag (US)
Paule Marshall Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados/Flag of the United States.svg  United States George Lamming (Barbados)
1990 Tomas Tranströmer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jaan Kaplinski (Estonia)
Östen Sjöstrand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Homero Aridjis (Mexico)
Mohammed Dib Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Assia Djebar (Algeria)
Rolf Jacobsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Knut Faldbakken (Norway)
Mavis Gallant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada/Flag of France.svg  France Robert Pinget (France)
Yordan Radichkov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Vera Gancheva (Bulgaria)
György Konrád Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary George Gömöri Piñon (Hungary/UK)
Michel Leiris Flag of France.svg  France Richard Howard (US)
V. S. Naipaul Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago/Flag of England.svg  England Sam Selvon (Trinidad and Tobago)
Vasko Popa Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Lasse Söderberg (Sweden)
Dai Houying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xiao Qian (China)
1992 João Cabral de Melo Neto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Silviano Santiago (Brazil)
Habib Tengour Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria/Flag of France.svg  France Etel Adnan (Lebanon/US)
Bella Akhmadulina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vassily Aksyonov (Russia/US)
Christopher Middleton Flag of England.svg  England Zulfikar Ghose (Pakistan/US)
Orhan Pamuk Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Güneli Gün (Turkey/US)
Henri Meschonnic Flag of France.svg  France V. Y. Mudimbé (Zaire)
Kenzaburo Oe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Makoto Ooka (Japan)
Andrea Zanzotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sergio Perosa (Italy)
Eduardo Galeano Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Elena Poniatowska (Mexico)
John Berger Flag of England.svg  England Alastair Reid (UK)
A. B. Yehoshua Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Anton Shammas (Palestine)
1994 Kamau Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Kofi Awoonor (Ghana)
Svetlana Alexievich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Zoya Boguslavskaya (Russia)
Norman Mailer Flag of the United States.svg  United States Alan Cheuse (US)
Zbigniew Herbert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland J. M. Coetzee (South Africa)
Toni Morrison Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nuruddin Farah (Somalia)
Chinua Achebe Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Wlad Godzich (Switzerland)
Miguel Delibes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ángel González (Spain)
Mahasveta Devi Flag of India.svg  India Githa Hariharan (India)
Costas Montis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Elli Peonidou (Cyprus)
Mohamed Choukri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt)
Seamus Heaney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Chris Wallace-Crabbe (Australia)
1996 Assia Djebar Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria/Flag of France.svg  France Barbara Frischmuth (Austria)
Vassilis Vassilikos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Yiorgos Chouliaras (Greece/US)
Vizma Belsevica Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Desmond Egan (Ireland)
Nirmal Verma Flag of India.svg  India Alfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (Iceland)
Randolph Stow Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Alamgir Hashmi (Pakistan)
Rafael Alberti Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Carlos Rojas (Spain)
Werner Lambersy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Albert Russo (Belgium)
Tahar Ben Jelloun Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Hanan al-Shaykh (Lebanon)
Carlos Fuentes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mario Valdés (Canada)
Bei Dao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Eliot Weinberger (US)
1998 Nuruddin Farah Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (Kenya)
Adrienne Rich Flag of the United States.svg  United States Meena Alexander (India)
R. S. Thomas Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Richard Exner (Germany/US)
Mo Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Howard Goldblatt (US)
Les Murray Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Janette Turner Hospital (Australia)
Doris Lessing Flag of England.svg  England/Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Shirley Geok-lin Lim (Malaysia)
Philip Roth Flag of the United States.svg  United States Norman Manea (Romania/US)
Frankétienne Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Raphaël Confiant (Martinique)
Ernesto Cardenal Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Roberto Fernández Retamar (Cuba)
John Ashbery Flag of the United States.svg  United States Carolyn Forché (US)
2000 David Malouf Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ihab Hassan (Egypt/US)
Wilson Harris Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana/Flag of England.svg  England Cyril Dabydeen (Guyana/Canada)
V. S. Naipaul Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago/Flag of England.svg  England Ha Jin (China/US) and Mervyn Morris (Jamaica)
N. Scott Momaday Flag of the United States.svg  United States Linda Hogan (US)
Juan Goytisolo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Helen R. Lane (US)
Augusto Monterroso Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala/Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras Carlos Monsiváis (Mexico)
Femi Osofisan Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Tanure Ojaide (Nigeria)
Mirkka Rekola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kirsti Simonsuuri (Finland)
György Konrád Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dubravka Ugresic (Croatia)
2002 Alvaro Mutis Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda (Colombia)
Andrée Chedid Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt/Flag of France.svg  France Evelyne Accad (Lebanon/US)
Antonio Lobo Antunes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Kwame Anthony Appiah (UK/Ghana)
Wilson Harris Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana Lorna Goodison (Jamaica)
Eduardo Galeano Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Thomas King (Canada)
Janet Frame Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bill Manhire (New Zealand)
Homero Aridjis Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Rainer Schulte (Germany/US)
Luis Fernando Verissimo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Moacyr Scliar (Brazil)
Peter Matthiessen Flag of the United States.svg  United States Barry Unsworth (UK)
Mavis Gallant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada/Flag of France.svg  France Jane Urquhart (Canada)
2004 Adam Zagajewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bogdana Carpenter (Poland/US)
Duong Thu Huong Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Esther Allen (US)
Gary Snyder Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bei Dao (China) in absentia
J. M. Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Kristjana Gunnars (Iceland) and Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania)
Chinua Achebe Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Gabriel Okara (Nigeria)
Mario Vargas Llosa Flag of Peru.svg  Peru/Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Edmundo Paz-Soldán (Bolivia)
José Saramago Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Leon Rooke (Canada)
Marjorie Agosín Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Bapsi Sidhwa (Pakistan)
2006 Claribel Alegría Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua/Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Daisy Zamora (Nicaragua)
Orhan Pamuk Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Aron Aij (Turkey)
Alice Munro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Clark Blaise (US) and Linda Spalding (Canada)
Linton Kwesi Johnson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica/Flag of England.svg  England Kwame Dawes (Ghana/US)
Gerald Stern Flag of the United States.svg  United States Li-Young Lee (Indonesia/US)
André Brink Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Zakes Mda (South Africa)
Per Olov Enquist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tina Nunnally (US)
Philip Roth Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nico Orengo (Italy)
N. Scott Momaday Flag of the United States.svg  United States Carter Revard (US)
Hélène Cixous Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria/Flag of France.svg  France Susan Rubin Suleiman (US)
2008 Patricia Grace Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Joy Harjo (US)
Ngugi wa Thiong’o Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Chris Abani (Nigeria/US)
Saadi Youssef Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Sinan Antoon (Iraq)
Michael Ondaatje Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka/Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Rilla Askew (US)
Jacques Roubaud Flag of France.svg  France Marcel Bénabou (Morocco/France)
Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Peter Constantine (UK/US)
Tsering Woeser Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Huang Xiang (China)
Haruki Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Christine Montalbetti (France)
E. L. Doctorow Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bharati Mukherjee (India/US)
Yoel Hoffmann Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Yoko Tawada (Japan/Germany)
2010 Duo Duo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Mai Mang (China/USA)
Ha Jin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sefi Atta (Nigeria/US)
Ricardo Piglia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador)
Michael Ondaatje Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka/Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Aleksandar Hemon (Bosnia/US)
Haruki Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Etgar Keret (Israel)
Margaret Atwood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (US)
A. B. Yehoshua Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Claire Messud (US)
Athol Fugard Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Pireeni Sundaralingam (France)
E. L. Doctorow Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bharati Mukherjee (Sri Lanka/US)
Shahriar Mandanipour Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Niloufar Talebi (Iran/UK)
2012 Rohinton Mistry Flag of India.svg  India/Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Samrat Upadhyay (Nepal/US)
Aleksandar Hemon Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina/Flag of the United States.svg  United States Rabih Alameddine (Lebanon/US)
Zoë Wicomb Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa/Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Gabeba Baderoon (South Africa/US)
Elena Poniatowska Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Norma Cantú (Mexico/US)
Bob Dylan Flag of the United States.svg  United States Andrea De Carlo (Italy)
Diamela Eltit Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Nathalie Handal (France/US)
Vénus Khoury-Ghata Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Ilya Kaminsky (Ukraine/US)
John Banville Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Yahia Lababidi (Egypt/Lebanon)
Tahar Ben Jelloun Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
2014 Mia Couto Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Gabriella Ghermandi (Germany/Italy)
César Aira Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Cristina Rivera-Garza (Mexico)
Duong Thu Huong Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Andrew Lam (Vietnam/US)
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