The Nobel Prize in Literature winners of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 109 votes from people: Mario Vargas Llosa · Tomas Tranströmer · Mo Yan. (Updated Nov 28, 2023.)
The ten writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the years 2010 to 2019 (the 2018 prize was announced in 2019).
Top 10
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1
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peru, 2010. For his 'cartography of structures of power'.
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2
Tomas Tranströmer
Sweden, 2011. The poet of condensed, luminous images.
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3
Mo Yan
China, 2012. 'Hallucinatory realism', author of Red Sorghum.
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4
Peter Handke
Austria, 2019. A controversial choice for his stance on the Balkan wars.
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5
Kazuo Ishiguro
United Kingdom, 2017. The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.
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6
Bob Dylan
United States, 2016. 'New poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'.
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7
Patrick Modiano
France, 2014. Memory and the Occupation in Paris.
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8
Olga Tokarczuk
Poland, 2018 (announced in 2019). Flights and The Books of Jacob.
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9
Alice Munro
Canada, 2013. 'Master of the contemporary short story'.
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10
Svetlana Alexievich
Belarus, 2015. Polyphonic oral histories, from Chernobyl to World War II.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (8)
Olga Tokarczuk's Flights is brilliant.
Alice Munro, master of the short story.
Bob Dylan winning the Nobel still divides people.
He didn't even go to the ceremony 😂 Patti Smith sang for him.
Svetlana Alexievich's oral histories are devastating.
Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day is perfect.
Tranströmer, the poet of silence.
Mo Yan and the Red Sorghum, great book.