Danh sách Kitô hữu đoạt giải Nobel
Văn học

| Năm | Người nhận giải | Người nhận giải | Quốc gia | Hệ phái | Cơ sở lý luận |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1902 |  | Theodor Mommsen |  Đức | Tin Lành | "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A History of Rome" |
| 1903 |  | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson |  Hội tụ giữa Thụy Điển và Na Uy | Tin Lành | "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit" |
| 1904 |  | Frédéric Mistral |  Pháp | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist" |
| 1904 |  | José Echegaray |  Tây Ban Nha | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama" |
| 1905 |  | Henryk Sienkiewicz |  | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer" |
| 1909 |  | Selma Lagerlöf |  Thụy Điển | Thiên Chúa Giáo | "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings" |
| 1910 |  | Paul von Heyse |  Đức | Tin Lành of Jewish descent | "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories" |
| 1916 |  | Verner von Heidenstam |  Thụy Điển Thụy Điển | Thiên Chúa Giáo | "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature" |
| 1923 |  | William Butler Yeats |  Ireland | Anglica | "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation" |
| 1924 |  | Władysław Reymont |  Ba Lan | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for his great national epic, The Peasants" |
| 1926 |  | Grazia Deledda |  Ý | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general" |
| 1928 |  | Sigrid Undset |  Norway   (sinh ra  Denmark) | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages" |
| 1929 |  | Thomas Mann |  Đức | Tin Lành (Lutheran) | "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature" |
| 1933 |  | Ivan Bunin |  Pháp (sinh ra ở  Nga) | Chính thống giáo Đông phương | "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing" |
| 1938 |  | Pearl S. Buck | Hoa Kỳ | Tin Lành (Southern Presbyterian) | "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces" |
| 1945 |  | Gabriela Mistral |  Chile | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world" |
| 1946 |  | Hermann Hesse |  Thụy Sĩ   (sinh ra ở  Đức) | Thiên Chúa Giáo | "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style" |
| 1947 |  | André Gide |  Pháp | Tin Lành | "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight" |
| 1948 |  | T. S. Eliot | Anh   (sinh ra ở Hoa Kỳ) | Anglican | "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry" |
| 1949 |  | William Faulkner | Hoa Kỳ | Tin Lành (Episcopalian) | "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel" |
| 1952 |  | François Mauriac |  Pháp | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life" |
| 1953 |  | Sir Winston Churchill | Anh | Anh Giáo | "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values" |
| 1954 |  | Ernest Hemingway | Hoa Kỳ | Converts to Roman Catholicism | "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style" |
| 1955 |  | Halldór Laxness |  Iceland | Converts to Roman Catholicism | "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland" |
| 1956 |  | Juan Ramón Jiménez |  Puerto Rico (sinh ra ở  Tây Ban Nha) | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity" |
| 1958 |  | Boris Pasternak |  Soviet Union | Cải đạo sang Chính thống giáo Đông phương nguồn gốc từ Do Thái Giáo | "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition" |
| 1961 |  | Ivo Andrić |  Yugoslavia  (sinh ra ở Áo-Hungary) | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country" |
| 1962 |  | John Steinbeck | Hoa Kỳ| Raised Episcopalian later he become agnostic | "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception" |  |
| 1963 |  | Giorgos Seferis |  Hy Lạp   (sinh ra ở  Ottoman Empire) | Greek Orthodox | "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture" |
| 1967 |  | Miguel Ángel Asturias |  Guatemala | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America" |
| 1969 |  | Samuel Beckett |  Pháp (sinh ra ở  Ireland) | Anglican (Church of Ireland) | "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation" |
| 1970 |  | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |  Soviet Union | Chính thống giáo Đông phương | "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature" |
| 1972 |  | Heinrich Böll |  Tây Đức | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature" |
| 1979 |  | Odysseas Elytis |  Greece | Chính thống giáo Hy Lạp | "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness" |
| 1980 |  | Czesław Miłosz | Hoa Kỳ (sinh ra ở  Ba Lan) | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts" |
| 1982 |  | Gabriel García Márquez |  Colombia | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts" |
| 1989 |  | Camilo José Cela | Tây Ban Nha | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability" |
| 1990 |  | Octavio Paz |  Mexico | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity" |
| 1992 |  | Derek Walcott |  Saint Lucia | Tin Lành (Methodist) | "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment" |
| 1993 |  | Toni Morrison | Hoa Kỳ | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality" |
| 1999 |  | Günter Grass | Đức | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" |
| 2003 |  | J. M. Coetzee | Cộng hòa Nam Phi  Australia | Tin Lành | "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider" |
| 2008 |  | J. M. G. Le Clézio |  Pháp  Mauritius | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" |
| 2010 |  | Mario Vargas Llosa |  Peru  Tây Ban Nha | Giáo hội Công giáo Rôma | "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat" |