Short Works of the 1980-1989 Nobel Prize in Literature Winners

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This is a menu of literary morsels....almost all under 250 pages (many under 100 pages). All written by Nobel Prize winners. The challenge comprises short novels and novellas, short story collections, poems, plays, essays and other non-fiction works. Ordered by year of award.

The equivalent instalment for the 1990 to 1999 winners is available at the link.

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Road-Side Dog (Czesław Miłosz)

Road-Side Dog

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Czesław Miłosz

Second Space: New Poems (Czesław Miłosz)

Second Space: New Poems

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Czesław Miłosz

Facing the River (Czesław Miłosz)

Facing the River

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Czesław Miłosz

The Witness of Poetry (Czeslaw Milosz)

The Witness of Poetry

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Czeslaw Milosz

Bells in Winter (Czesław Miłosz)

Bells in Winter

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Czesław Miłosz

Unattainable Earth (Czesław Miłosz)

Unattainable Earth

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Czesław Miłosz

The Voices of Marrakesh (Elias Canetti)

The Voices of Marrakesh

7

Elias Canetti

Kafka's Other Trial (Elias Canetti)

Kafka's Other Trial

8

Elias Canetti

Earwitness: Fifty Characters (Elias Canetti)

Earwitness: Fifty Characters

9

Elias Canetti

The Conscience of Words (Elias Canetti)

The Conscience of Words

10

Elias Canetti

The Agony of Flies (Elias Canetti)

The Agony of Flies

11

Elias Canetti

Party in the Blitz (Elias Canetti)

Party in the Blitz

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Elias Canetti

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

14

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Of Love and Other Demons (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Of Love and Other Demons

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel García Márquez)

No One Writes to the Colonel

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Gabriel García Márquez

The Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel García Márquez)

The Autumn of the Patriarch

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Gabriel García Márquez

Strange Pilgrims (Gabriel García Márquez)

Strange Pilgrims

18

Gabriel García Márquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor (Gabriel García Márquez)

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

19

Gabriel García Márquez

The General in His Labyrinth (Gabriel García Márquez)

The General in His Labyrinth

20

Gabriel García Márquez

Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (Gabriel García Márquez)

Innocent Erendira and Other Stories

21

Gabriel García Márquez

Leaf Storm (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Leaf Storm

22

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In Evil Hour (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

In Evil Hour

23

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Eyes of a Blue Dog (Gabriel García Márquez)

Eyes of a Blue Dog

24

Gabriel García Márquez

Lord of the Flies (William Golding)

Lord of the Flies

25

William Golding

The Inheritors (William Golding)

The Inheritors

26

William Golding

The Spire (William Golding)

The Spire

27

William Golding

Pincher Martin (William Golding)

Pincher Martin

28

William Golding

The Pyramid (William Golding)

The Pyramid

29

William Golding

Double Tongue (William Golding)

Double Tongue

30

William Golding

The Paper Men (William Golding)

The Paper Men

31

William Golding

The Scorpion God (William Golding)

The Scorpion God

32

William Golding

Early Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert (Jaroslav Seifert)

Early Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert

33

Jaroslav Seifert

The Casting of Bells (Jaroslav Seifert)

The Casting of Bells

34

Jaroslav Seifert

On the Waves of TSF (Jaroslav Seifert)

On the Waves of TSF

35

Jaroslav Seifert

An Umbrella From Piccadilly (Jaroslav Seifert)

An Umbrella From Piccadilly

36

Jaroslav Seifert

The Plague Monument (Jaroslav Seifert)

The Plague Monument

37

Jaroslav Seifert

The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert (Jaroslav Seifert)

The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert

38

Jaroslav Seifert

The Flanders Road (Claude Simon)

The Flanders Road

39

Claude Simon

The Trolley (Claude Simon)

The Trolley

40

Claude Simon

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