2000-2009
Gao Zingjian of France (since 1998) and China (1940-1998). Language: Chinese. Genres: novel, drama, & literary criticism.
V. S. Naipaul of the United Kingdom (born in Trinidad & Tobago). Genres: novel & essay.
Imre Kertész of Hungary. Genre: novel.
J. M. Coetzee of Australia & South Africa. Genres: novel, essay, & translation.
Elfriede Jelinek of Austria. Genres: novel & drama.
Harold Pinter of the United Kingdom. Genres: drama & screenplay.
Orhan Pamuk of Turkey. Genres: novel, screenplay, & essay.
Doris Lessing of the United Kingdom & Zimbabwe (born in Iran). Genres: novel, drama, poetry, short story, & memoirs.
J. M. G. Le Clézio of France and Mauritius. Genres: novel, short story, essay, & translation.
Herta Müller of Germany (born in Romania). Language: German. Genres: novel & poetry.