21 century

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