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The 169 pages that link to Nobel Prize in Literature, each with the reason it gives.

• Nobel Peace PrizeCompared with: It recognizes literature, while the Peace Prize rewards contributions to peace.

• Winston ChurchillRelated: Churchill received the 1953 prize for historical and biographical writing and oratory.

• Literary canonRelated: Its selections influence international judgments about which writers deserve lasting recognition.

• T. S. EliotRelated: Eliot received the 1948 prize for his contribution to modern poetry.

• Jean-Paul SartreRelated: Sartre declined its 1964 award, insisting that writers should not become institutions.

• Pulitzer PrizeCompared with: It honors lifetime literary achievement rather than a particular American book or work.

• Rabindranath TagoreRelated: Tagore’s 1913 award for his English Gitanjali translation made him the first non-European literature laureate.

• Nobel Prize controversiesBroader topic: Its choices invite especially visible disputes over taste, language, and cultural representation.

• Pulitzer Prize for FictionCompared with: It honors a career across genres rather than one eligible fiction book.

• Nobel PrizeBroader topic: It is one of the five prize fields named in Nobel’s will.

• Bob DylanRelated: Dylan received the 2016 prize for creating new poetic expressions within the American song tradition.

• Chinua AchebeCompared with: Achebe was never awarded the Nobel, despite frequent discussion of his global literary standing.

• George Bernard ShawRelated: Shaw received the 1925 prize for work marked by idealism and humane satire.

• Swedish AcademyRelated: The Academy selects its laureate each year under Alfred Nobel’s will.

• Ernest HemingwayRelated: Hemingway received the 1954 prize for his mastery of narrative and influence on contemporary style.

• Wole SoyinkaRelated: Soyinka received the prize in 1986, the first African laureate.

• Samuel BeckettRelated: Beckett received the 1969 prize, bringing worldwide recognition to a deliberately austere body of work.

• Thomas MannRelated: Mann received the 1929 prize chiefly for Buddenbrooks.

• Toni MorrisonRelated: Morrison received it in 1993, becoming the first Black woman laureate.

• William FaulknerRelated: Faulkner received the 1949 prize for his contribution to the modern American novel.

• W. B. YeatsRelated: Yeats received the prize in 1923, bringing international recognition to his work.

• Albert CamusRelated: Camus received the 1957 prize for work that illuminated human conscience and its dilemmas.

• Pablo NerudaRelated: Neruda received the 1971 prize for poetry that brought a continent’s destiny and dreams to life.

• Henri BergsonRelated: Bergson received the 1927 prize, recognized for the richness of his ideas and their presentation.

• Osip MandelstamCompared with: Mandelstam’s posthumous international recognition contrasts with his exclusion and suppression in Soviet life.

• Naguib MahfouzRelated: Mahfouz received the prize in 1988, becoming its first Arabic-language laureate.

• Rudyard KiplingRelated: Kipling received it in 1907, the first English-language writer to do so.

• André GideRelated: Gide received the 1947 prize for his significant literary achievement.

• Boris PasternakRelated: Pasternak received the 1958 prize for his poetry and Doctor Zhivago.

• Eugene O’NeillRelated: O’Neill received the 1936 prize, the first awarded to an American dramatist.

• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oCompared with: Ngũgĩ’s repeated discussion as a potential laureate contrasts with his lack of a Nobel award.

• Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRelated: His 1970 award recognized the moral force and literary reach of his writing.

• Norwegian literatureRelated: Prizes to Bjørnson, Hamsun, Undset, and Fosse mark the global recognition of Norwegian writers.

• One Hundred Years of SolitudeRelated: García Márquez received the 1982 prize after the novel brought him worldwide recognition.

• Austrian literatureRelated: Prizes awarded to Austrian writers brought their work wider international attention.

• Doctor ZhivagoRelated: Pasternak received the 1958 prize for the novel, then declined it under Soviet pressure.

• Joseph BrodskyRelated: Brodsky received the 1987 prize for a body of work spanning Russian and English.

• Man Booker International PrizeCompared with: Like this prize, it honors a body of work, but its remit and institutional history are broader.

• Mikhail SholokhovRelated: Sholokhov received the 1965 prize for the artistic force of his epic portrayal of Don Cossacks.

• Nobel lectureBroader topic: Its lectures can explain an author’s literary aims, influences, or view of literature.

• Octavio PazRelated: Paz received the 1990 prize, bringing global recognition to his poetry and essays.

• Selma LagerlöfRelated: Lagerlöf became its first female laureate in 1909.

• Yasunari KawabataRelated: Kawabata received the prize in 1968, bringing wide international attention to his writing.

• Czesław MiłoszNarrower topic: Miłosz’s 1980 award brought broad international attention to his poetry and prose.

• Peter HandkeNarrower topic: The institution’s choice of Handke raised questions about its literary and ethical judgment.

• Scandinavian literatureRelated: Its Scandinavian laureates have shaped the region's international literary reputation.

• Wisława SzymborskaRelated: Her 1996 award brought her poetry wide international attention.

• Yukio MishimaCompared with: Mishima was repeatedly discussed as a candidate, but the 1968 prize went to his mentor Kawabata.

• French literary canonRelated: Its awards can strengthen the international standing of French-language writers.

• Theodor MommsenRelated: Mommsen received the 1902 prize, recognized for his historical writing.