Across
- 2. American writer, 1962
- 4. Peruvian novelist, 2010
- 7. French-American writer, 1984
- 8. Japanese Nobel laureate, 1994
- 10. Borges Argentine writer (never won Nobel)
- 11. First Japanese Nobel laureate, 1968
- 13. Nigerian playwright and poet, 1986
- 17. Russian-American novelist (never won Nobel)
- 18. Guatemalan writer, 1967
- 19. Also appears in across clues, 1993
- 20. Chilean poet, 1971
Down
- 1. Chilean poet, 1945
- 3. Japanese-British novelist, 2017
- 5. Colombian writer, 1982
- 6. Indian poet, first Asian Nobel laureate, 1913
- 9. Trinidadian-British author, 2001
- 12. Canadian short story writer, 2013
- 14. Mexican poet and essayist, 1990
- 15. Chinese novelist, 2012
- 16. American novelist, 1993
