1962 Nobel Prize in Literature

No. Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s) 1 Jean Anouilh (1910–1987)  France drama, screenplay, translation Harry Martinson (1904–1978) 2 Karen Blixen (1885–1962)  Denmark novel, short story, memoir Henry Olsson (1896–1985) 3 Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)  Germany novel, short story 4 Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)  Argentina poetry, essays, translation, short story Henry Olsson (1896–1985) 5 Martin Buber (1878–1965)  Austria
 Israel philosophy 6 Josep Carner (1884–1970)  Spain poetry, drama, translation Jean Camp (1891–1968) 7 Franz Theodor Csokor (1885–1969)  Austria drama, essays, poetry, autobiography The Austrian PEN-Club 8 Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)  United Kingdom novel, short story, poetry, drama, essays 9 Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)  Switzerland drama, novel, short story, essays 10 Johan Falkberget (1879–1967)  Norway novel, short story, essays Johannes Andreasson Dale (1898–1975) 11 Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970)  United Kingdom novel, short story, drama, essays, biography, literary criticism 12 Max Frisch (1911–1991)  Switzerland novel, drama 13 Robert Frost (1874–1963)  United States poetry, drama Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) 14 Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969)  Venezuela novel, short story Rudolf Grossmann (1892–1980) 15 Robert Graves (1895–1985)  United Kingdom history, novel, poetry, literary criticism, essays Harry Martinson (1904–1978) 16 Graham Greene (1904–1991)  United Kingdom novel, short story, autobiography, essays 17 Jorge Guillén (1893–1984)  Spain poetry, literary criticism Georges Poulet (1902–1991) 18 Leslie Poles Hartley (1895–1972)  United Kingdom novel, short story Geoffrey Tillotson (1905–1969) 19 Manfred Hausmann (1898–1986)  Germany novel, short story, poetry, essays Heinrich Dörrie (1911–1983) 20 William Heinesen (1900–1991)  Faroe Islands poetry, short story, novel Christian Matras (1900–1988) 21 Taha Hussein (1889–1973)  Egypt novel, short story, poetry, translation 22 Roman Jakobson (1896–1982)  Soviet Union
 United States essays Peter Hartmann (1923–1984) 23 Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)  Sweden novel, short story Carl-Eric Thors (1920–1986) 24 Erich Kästner (1899–1974)  Germany poetry, screenplay, autobiography 25 Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972)  Japan novel, short story The Japanese PEN-Club 26 Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto (1897–1982)  United Kingdom history William Beare (1933–2019) 27 Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)  Yugoslavia
 Croatia poetry, drama, short story, novel, essays The Yugoslavian Writers Association 28 Frank Raymond Leavis (1895–1978)  United Kingdom literary criticism, essays Cecil Arthur Hackett (1908–2000) 29 André Malraux (1901–1976)  France novel, essays, literary criticism 30 Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973)  France philosophy, drama 31 William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)  United Kingdom novel, short story, drama, essays Richard Broxton Onians (1899–1986) 32 Max Mell (1882–1971)  Austria drama, novel, screenplay Moritz Enzinger (1891–1975) 33 Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968)  Spain philology, history 34 Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973)  Sweden novel, drama, history Gösta Bergman (1894–1984) 35 Alberto Moravia (1907–1990)  Italy novel, literary criticism, essays, drama Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) 36 Stratis Myrivilis (1890–1969)  Greece novel, short story Writers Association of the Hellenes 37 Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)  Chile poetry The Chilean Authors Society 38 Junzaburō Nishiwaki (1894–1982)  Japan poetry, literary criticism Naoshiro Tsuji (1899–1979) 39 Hans Erich Nossack (1901–1977)  Germany novel, drama Josef Math (?) 40 Seán O’Casey (1880–1964)  Ireland drama, memoir Geoffrey Tillotson (1905–1969) 41 Ezra Pound (1885–1972)  United States poetry, essays Karl Ragnar Gierow (1904–1982) 42 John Cowper Powys (1872–1963)  United Kingdom philosophy, novel, literary criticism, poetry, essays, short story George Wilson Knight (1897–1985) 43 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)  India philosophy, essays, law 44 Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965)  Denmark
 Norway novel, essays Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) 45 Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)  France philosophy, novel, drama, essays, screenplay 46 Giulia Scappino Mureno (1902–1967)  Italy poetry Alfredo Galletti (1872–1962) 47 Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878–1962)  Germany poetry, translation Ernst Zinn (1910–1990) 48 André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006)  France novel Ingerid Dal (1895–1985) 49 Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971)  Greece poetry, memoir, essays 50 Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984)  Soviet Union novel Henrik Becker (1902–1984) 51 Ignazio Silone (1900–1978)  Italy novel, short story, essays, drama Elias Wessén (1889–1981) 52 John Steinbeck (1902–1968)  United States novel, short story, screenplay 53 Ronald Syme (1903–1989)  New Zealand
 United Kingdom history Albrecht Dihle (1923–2020) 54 Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965)  Japan novel, short story Howard Hibbett (1920–2019) 55 Frank Thiess (1890–1977)  Germany novel Helmuth Scheel (1895–1967) 56 Miguel Torga (1907–1995)  Portugal poetry, short story, novel, drama, autobiography Hernâni Antonio Cidade (1887–1975) 57 Pietro Ubaldi (1886–1972)  Italy philosophy, essays Academia Santista de Letras 58 Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970)  Norway poetry, novel Sigmund Skard (1903–1995) 59 Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971)  Netherlands novel, poetry, essays, translation The Austrian PEN-Club 60 Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966)  Austria novel, short story, poetry, essays 61 Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971)  Germany novel, short story, essays, poetry Friedrich von der Leyen (1873–1966) 62 Arthur David Waley (1889–1966)  United Kingdom translation, essays David Hawkes (1923–2009) 63 Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)  United States drama, novel, short story Peter Wapnewski (1922–2012) 64 Boris Zaytsev (1881–1972)  Soviet Union poetry, drama, novel Rostislav Pletnv (1903–1985) 65 Carl Zuckmayer (1896–1977)  Germany drama, screenplay Rudolf Stark (1912–1966) 66 Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)  Germany novel, short story Henrik Becker (1902–1984)