The Nobel Prize in Literature winners of the 1960s
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Saint-John Perse · Ivo Andrić · John Steinbeck. (Updated Sep 30, 2023.)
The writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1960 to 1969, including Sartre, who declined it.
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Top 11
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Saint-John Perse
France, 1960. Poet and diplomat, author of Anabasis.
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Ivo Andrić
Yugoslavia, 1961. The Bridge on the Drina.
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John Steinbeck
United States, 1962. The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.
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Giorgos Seferis
Greece, 1963. The first Greek winner.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
France, 1964. He declined the prize.
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Mikhail Sholokhov
USSR, 1965. And Quiet Flows the Don.
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Israel, 1966 (shared). He wrote in Hebrew.
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Nelly Sachs
Sweden, 1966 (shared). A German-born poet who wrote about the Holocaust.
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Miguel Ángel Asturias
Guatemala, 1967. El Señor Presidente.
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Yasunari Kawabata
Japan, 1968. The first Japanese winner, author of Snow Country.
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Samuel Beckett
Ireland, 1969. Waiting for Godot.
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