The Nobel Prize in Literature winners of the 1950s
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Bertrand Russell · Pär Lagerkvist · François Mauriac. (Updated Dec 17, 2025.)
The writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1950 to 1959, from Bertrand Russell to Salvatore Quasimodo.
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Top 10
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Bertrand Russell
United Kingdom, 1950. Philosopher and essayist.
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Pär Lagerkvist
Sweden, 1951. Barabbas.
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François Mauriac
France, 1952. The Knot of Vipers.
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Winston Churchill
United Kingdom, 1953. For his historical writing and oratory.
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Ernest Hemingway
United States, 1954. The Old Man and the Sea.
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Halldór Laxness
Iceland, 1955. Independent People.
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Juan Ramón Jiménez
Spain, 1956. Platero and I.
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Albert Camus
France, 1957. The Stranger and The Plague.
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Boris Pasternak
USSR, 1958. Doctor Zhivago; the authorities forced him to decline.
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Salvatore Quasimodo
Italy, 1959. A poet of Hermeticism.
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