| No. | Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
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| 1 | Edward Albee (1928–2016) | United States | drama | Dieter Schaller (1929–2003) |
| 2 | Jorge Amado (1912–2001) | Brazil | novel, short story | Laurent Versini (1932–2021) |
| 3 | Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909–1983) | Poland | novel, short story | Eeva Kilpi (born 1928) |
| 4 | Louis Aragon (1897–1982) | France | novel, short story, poetry, essays | Jean Gaudon (1926–2019) |
| 5 | José María Arguedas (1911–1969)
(posthumous nomination) | Peru | novel, short story, poetry, essays | Elie Poulenard (1901-1985) |
| 6 | Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973) | United Kingdom
United States | poetry, essays, screenplay |
| 7 | Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985) | Italy | novel, drama, essays |
| 8 | James Baldwin (1924–1987) | United States | novel, short story, essays, poetry, drama | Jacob Louis Mey (1926–2023) |
| 9 | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971) | India | novel, short story, drama, essays, autobiography, songwriting | Krishna Kripalani (1907–1992) |
| 10 | Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983) | Ukraine | poetry, essays | Omeljan Pritsak (1919–2006) |
| 11 | Saul Bellow (1915–2005) | Canada
United States | novel, short story, memoir, essays | Jara Ribnikar (1912–2007) |
| 12 | Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) | Argentina | poetry, essays, translation, short story |
| 13 | Jawad Boulos (1900–1982) | Lebanon | history, essays | Camille Aboussouan (1919–2013) |
| 14 | Heinrich Böll (1917–1985) | West Germany | novel, short story | - Karl Theodor Hyldgaard-Jensen (1917–1995)
- Herbert Morgan Waidson (1916–1988)
- Gustav Korlén (1915–2014)
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| 15 | Michel Butor (1926–2016) | France | poetry, novel, essays, translation | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 16 | Elias Canetti (1905–1994) | Bulgaria
United Kingdom | novel, drama, memoir, essays | Keith Spalding (1913–2002) |
| 17 | Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980) | Cuba | novel, short story, essays | Henri Peyre (1901–1988) |
| 18 | Lord David Cecil (1902–1986) | United Kingdom | biography, history, essays | Leslie Poles Hartley (1895–1972) |
| 19 | Aimé Césaire (1913–2008) | Martinique | poetry, drama, essays | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 20 | André Chamson (1900–1983) | France | novel, essays |
| 21 | Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914–2008) | Turkey | poetry | Yaşar Nabi Nayır (1908–1981) |
| 22 | Tsendiin Damdinsüren (1908–1986) | Mongolia | poetry, essays, novel, translation | Walther Heissig (1913–2005) |
| 23 | Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978) | Spain | essays, history, law, novel | Kázmér Géza Werner (1900–1985) |
| 24 | Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972) | France | essays, novel, drama | Anders Österling (1884–1981) |
| 25 | Paul Demiéville (1894–1979) | Switzerland
France | essays, translation | Martin Gimm (born 1930) |
| 26 | Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) | United Kingdom | novel, short story, poetry, drama, essays | Haydn Trevor Mason (1929–2018) |
| 27 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) | Switzerland | drama, novel, short story, essays | - Werner Betz (1912–1980)
- Karl Siegfried Guthke (born 1933)
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| 28 | Rabbe Enckell (1903–1974) | Finland | short story, poetry |
| 29 | Salvador Espriu (1913–1985) | Spain | drama, novel, poetry | - Manuel Durán (1925–2020)
- Antoni Comas (1931–1981)
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| 30 | Romain Gary (1914–1980) | Lithuania
France | novel, essays, literary criticism, screenplay | Walther Hinz (1906–1992) |
| 31 | Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980) | France | novel, essays | Yves Gandon (1899–1975) |
| 32 | William Golding (1911–1993) | United Kingdom | novel, poetry, drama, essays | - Inna Koskenniemi (1923–1995)
- Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991)
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| 33 | Günter Grass (1927–2015) | West Germany | novel, drama, poetry, essays | - Henry Caraway Hatfield (1912–1995)
- Erich Ruprecht (1906–1997)
- Lauri Seppänen (1924–2009)
- Manfred Windfuhr (born 1930)
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| 34 | Graham Greene (1904–1991) | United Kingdom | novel, short story, autobiography, essays | Mary Renault (1905–1983) |
| 35 | Jorge Guillén (1893–1984) | Spain | poetry, literary criticism | - Manuel Durán (1925–2020)
- Andri Peer (1921–1985)
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| 36 | Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008) | Finland | poetry, drama, essays | Eeva Kilpi (born 1928) |
| 37 | William Heinesen (1900–1991) | Faroe Islands | poetry, short story, novel | - Sven Møller Kristensen (1909–1991)
- Dag Strömbäck (1900–1978)
- Arthur Arnholtz (1901–1973)
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| 38 | Vladimír Holan (1905–1980) | Czechoslovakia | poetry, essays | Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) |
| 39 | Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994) | Romania
France | drama, essays | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 40 | Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) | Russia
United States | essays | Jean Dubois (1920–2015) |
| 41 | Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) | Sweden | novel, short story | Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974) |
| 42 | Younghill Kang (1898–1972) | North Korea
United States | novel, memoir, drama | Robert Payne (1911–1983) |
| 43 | Erich Kästner (1899–1974) | West Germany | poetry, screenplay, autobiography | Kázmér Géza Werner (1900–1985) |
| 44 | Richard Eun Kook Kim (1932–2009) | North Korea
United States | novel, short story | Baek Cheol (1908-1985) |
| 45 | Arthur Koestler (1905–1983) | Hungary
United Kingdom | novel, autobiography, essays | Georges Matoré (1908–1998) |
| 46 | Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981) | Croatia
Yugoslavia | poetry, drama, short story, novel, essays | Gunnar Jacobsson (1918–2001) |
| 47 | Karl Krolow (1915–1999) | West Germany | poetry, essays, translation | Emil Ernst Ploss (1925–1972) |
| 48 | Philip Larkin (1922–1985) | United Kingdom | poetry, novel, essays | Jørgen Læssøe (1924–1993) |
| 49 | Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014) | West Germany | novel, short story, essays, drama | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 50 | Väinö Linna (1920–1992) | Finland | novel |
| 51 | Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972) | United Kingdom | novel, short story, drama, poetry, history, biography, essays, literary criticism,
memoir | Magne Oftedal (1921–1985) |
| 52 | Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982) | United States | poetry, essays, drama, law | William Scovil Anderson (1927–2022) |
| 53 | Hugh MacLennan (1907–1990) | Canada | novel, essays | Lawrence Lande (1906–1998) |
| 54 | André Malraux (1901–1976) | France | novel, essays, literary criticism |
| 55 | Jacques Maritain (1882–1973) | France | philosophy | Charles Dédéyan (1910–2003) |
| 56 | Harry Martinson (1904–1978) | Sweden | poetry, novel, drama, essays | Arthur Arnholtz (1901–1973) |
| 57 | Miquel Melendres i Rué (1905–1974) | Spain | essays, theology, poetry, memoir | Antoni Griera (1887–1973) |
| 58 | Arthur Miller (1915–2005) | United States | drama, screenplay, essays | - Petronella O'Flanagan (?)
- Andri Peer (1921–1985)
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| 59 | Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973) | Sweden | novel, drama, history | Anders Österling (1884–1981) |
| 60 | Eugenio Montale (1896–1981) | Italy | poetry, translation | - Carlo Bo (1911–2001)
- Marco Scovazzi (1923–1971)
- Uberto Limentani (1913–1989)
- Paul Renucci (1915–1976)
- Lanfranco Caretti (1915–1995)
- Henri Peyre (1901–1988)
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| 61 | Alberto Moravia (1907–1990) | Italy | novel, literary criticism, essays, drama | - Aimo Sakari (1911–2001)
- Jacques Robichez (1914–1999)
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| 62 | Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) | Russia
United States | novel, short story, poetry, drama, translation, literary criticism, memoir |
| 63 | Mikhail Naimy (1889–1988) | Lebanon | poetry, drama, short story, novel, autobiography, literary criticism | - I. Bassalo (?)
- Toufic Fahd (1923–2009)
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| 64 | Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) | Chile | poetry |
| 65 | Fritiof Nilsson Piraten (1895–1972) | Sweden | short story, novel, essays, law | Bertil Ejder (1916–2005) |
| 66 | Ezra Pound (1885–1972) | United States | poetry, essays | Hans Galinsky (1909–1991) |
| 67 | Evaristo Ribera Chevremont (1890–1976) | Puerto Rico | poetry | Ernesto Juan Fonfrías (1909–1990) |
| 68 | Yannis Ritsos (1909–1990) | Greece | poetry, songwriting |
| 69 | Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008) | France | novel, short story, essays, screenplays | Henry Olsson (1896–1985) |
| 70 | Tadeusz Rózewicz (1921–2014) | Poland | poetry, drama, translation | Gunnar Jacobsson (1918–2001) |
| 71 | Hans Ruin (1891–1980) | Finland
Sweden | philosophy | Arthur Arnholtz (1901–1973) |
| 72 | Georges Schéhadé (1905–1989) | Lebanon | poetry, drama, novel | Camille Aboussouan (1919–2013) |
| 73 | Arno Schmidt (1914–1979) | West Germany | novel, short story, biography, essays | Lars Gyllensten (1921–2006) |
| 74 | Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001) | Senegal | poetry, essays | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 75 | Robert Shih [Shi Jieyun] (1926–1983) | China | essays | Étienne Lamotte (1903–1983) |
| 76 | Claude Simon (1913–2005) | France | novel, essays | Henry Olsson (1896–1985) |
| 77 | Charles Percy Snow (1905–1980) | United Kingdom | novel, essays | Sylvère Monod (1921–2006) |
| 78 | Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974) | Romania | poetry, novel, philosophy, essays | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 79 | Marie Under (1883–1980) | Estonia | poetry | Algirdas Landsbergis (1924–2004) |
| 80 | Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971) | Netherlands | novel, poetry, essays, translation | Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) |
| 81 | José García Villa (1908–1997) | Philippines
United States | poetry, essays |
| 82 | Gerard Walschap (1898–1989) | Belgium | novel, drama, essays |
| 83 | Mika Waltari (1908–1979) | Finland | short story, novel, poetry, drama, essays, screenplay | Inna Koskenniemi (1923–1995) |
| 84 | Sándor Weöres (1913–1989) | Hungary | poetry, translation | Áron Kibédi Varga (1930–2018) |
| 85 | Patrick White (1912–1990) | Australia | novel, short story, drama, poetry, autobiography |
| 86 | Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) | Romania
United States | memoir, essays, novel, drama | Gerd Høst-Heyerdahl (1915–2007) |
| 87 | Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) | United States | drama, novel, short story |
| 88 | Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) | United States | drama, novel, screenplay, short story, poetry | Kázmér Géza Werner (1900–1985) |
| 89 | Henry Williamson (1895–1977) | United Kingdom | novel, short story | Petronella O'Flanagan (?) |
| 90 | Angus Wilson (1913–1991) | United Kingdom | novel, short story, essays | Gerhard Nickel (1928–2015) |
| 91 | Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977) | West Germany | drama, screenplay |