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