The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991

Nadine Gordimer

South Africa

b. 1923

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucia

b. 1930

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993

Toni Morrison

USA

b. 1931

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1994

Kenzaburo Oe

Japan

b. 1935

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1995

Seamus Heaney

Ireland

b. 1939

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996

Wislawa Szymborska

Poland

b. 1923

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997

Dario Fo

Italy

b. 1926

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1998

José Saramago

Portugal

b. 1922

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999

Photo: H. Grunert

Gunter Grass

Federal Republic of Germany

b. 1927

(in Danzig)

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000

Gao Xingjian

France

b. 1940

(in Ganzhou, China)