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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Académie GoncourtCompared with: It honors lifetime achievement across languages, unlike the Goncourt’s annual French-language novel selection.

• Prix GoncourtCompared with: Unlike the Goncourt’s single-book focus, it honors a writer’s larger literary contribution.

• Camões PrizeCompared with: Unlike the Camões Prize, it is not restricted to Portuguese-language writing.

• Carlos FuentesCompared with: Fuentes never received the prize, a frequent point of comparison with Nobel-winning Boom contemporaries.

• Nikos KazantzakisCompared with: Kazantzakis was nominated repeatedly but never received the prize, a notable feature of his reception.

• Cervantes PrizeCompared with: Unlike the Nobel, the Cervantes Prize is specifically tied to Spanish-language literature.

• Ismail KadareCompared with: Kadare was repeatedly discussed as a candidate but never received the prize.

• Maryse CondéCompared with: Condé was widely discussed as a candidate but never received the prize.

• Rosario CastellanosCompared with: Her lasting stature is often discussed alongside the global recognition she did not receive during her lifetime.

• Benito Pérez GaldósCompared with: Galdós was nominated but never received the prize, despite his international reputation.

• Shūsaku EndōCompared with: Endō was considered a prominent Japanese candidate but never received the prize.

• Ben OkriCompared with: Okri is sometimes discussed alongside Nobel laureates in African literature, but he has not received this prize.