South Africa

J. M. Coetzee

Australia, South Africa

for portraying, in innumerable guises, the surprising involvement of the outsider

Nelson Mandela

South Africa

for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa

F. W. de Klerk

South Africa

for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa

Nadine Gordimer

South Africa

who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity

Desmond Tutu

South Africa

for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa