# The Nobel Prize in Literature winners of the 1980s

The ten writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1980 to 1989, including Gabriel García Márquez and Camilo José Cela.

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- Apr 26, 2026 · mariana_devoralibros
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## Top 10

1. **Czesław Miłosz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poland, 1980. Poet in exile, author of The Captive Mind.
2. **Elias Canetti** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United Kingdom, 1981. Author of Auto-da-Fé and Crowds and Power.
3. **Gabriel García Márquez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Colombia, 1982. One Hundred Years of Solitude.
4. **William Golding** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United Kingdom, 1983. Lord of the Flies.
5. **Jaroslav Seifert** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Czechoslovakia, 1984. Poet of Prague.
6. **Claude Simon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — France, 1985. A nouveau roman figure, author of The Flanders Road.
7. **Wole Soyinka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nigeria, 1986. The first African to receive it.
8. **Joseph Brodsky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — United States, 1987. A poet expelled from the USSR.
9. **Naguib Mahfouz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Egypt, 1988. The Cairo Trilogy.
10. **Camilo José Cela** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spain, 1989. The Family of Pascual Duarte and The Hive.

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