21 century

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Across
  1. 4. Steinbeck American writer, 1962
  2. 6. Garcia Marquez Colombian writer, 1982
  3. 7. Naipaul Trinidadian-British author, 2001
  4. 8. Morrison American novelist, 1993
  5. 10. Tagore Indian poet, first Asian Nobel laureate, 1913
  6. 12. Munro Canadian short story writer, 2013
  7. 14. Vargas Peruvian novelist, 2010
  8. 15. Yan Chinese novelist, 2012
  9. 17. Soyinka Nigerian playwright and poet, 1986
  10. 19. Mistral Chilean poet, 1945
Down
  1. 1. Morrison Also appears in across clues, 1993
  2. 2. Duras French-American writer, 1984
  3. 3. Nabokov Russian-American novelist (never won Nobel)
  4. 5. Kawabata First Japanese Nobel laureate, 1968
  5. 9. Paz Mexican poet and essayist, 1990
  6. 11. Ishiguro Japanese-British novelist, 2017
  7. 13. Neruda Chilean poet, 1971
  8. 15. Asturias Guatemalan writer, 1967
  9. 16. Oe Japanese Nobel laureate, 1994
  10. 18. Luis Borges Argentine writer (never won Nobel)