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The Top 5 Most Recent Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008 to 2013
| Winner | Year | Country of Residence (place/ date of birth) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Munro (novelist) |
2013 | Canada (Wingham, 10 July 1931 ) |
| 2 | Mo Yan (prose) |
2012 | China (Gaomi, 17 February1955 ) |
| 3 | Tomas Tranströmer (poet) |
2011 | Sweden (Stockholm, 5 April 1931) |
| 4 | Mario Vargas Llosa (novelist) |
2010 | Peru (Arequipa, 28 March, 1936) |
| 5 | Herta Müller (novelist, poet) |
2009 | Romania (Nitzkydorf, 17 August, 1953) |
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Books, Magazines & Newspapers, Prizes & Awards, The United States
Sources: Nobelprize.org. Please visit the original source of the data here.
List Notes: In the case of more than one winner, the prize is divided into equal amounts. Each winner receives their portion of 8,000,000 Swedish Kronor ($1.1 million U.S. dollars). Country of residence is where the winner was residing at the time they received the Nobel Prize.
Sources: Nobelprize.org. Please visit the original source of the data here.
List Notes: In the case of more than one winner, the prize is divided into equal amounts. Each winner receives their portion of 8,000,000 Swedish Kronor ($1.1 million U.S. dollars). Country of residence is where the winner was residing at the time they received the Nobel Prize.
