Short Works of the 2000-2009 Nobel Prize in Literature Winners

Buck the recent trend of 1000+ item challenges comprised of the same old books! See if you might like to further explore an acclaimed author's output by sampling their shorter works on this list.

This is a menu of literary morsels....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 2010 to 2019 winners is available at the link.

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Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather (Gao Xingjian)

Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather

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Gao Xingjian

The Case for Literature (Gao Xingjian)

The Case for Literature

2

Gao Xingjian

Snow in August (Gao Xingjian)

Snow in August

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Gao Xingjian

Return to Painting (Gao Xingjian)

Return to Painting

4

Gao Xingjian

Escape & the Man Who Questions Death (Gao Xingjian)

Escape & the Man Who Questions Death

5

Gao Xingjian

Wandering Mind and Metaphysical Thoughts (Gao Xingjian)

Wandering Mind and Metaphysical Thoughts

6

Gao Xingjian

Half a Life (V.S. Naipaul)

Half a Life

7

V.S. Naipaul

In a Free State (V.S. Naipaul)

In a Free State

8

V.S. Naipaul

Miguel Street (V.S. Naipaul)

Miguel Street

9

V.S. Naipaul

The Mystic Masseur (V.S. Naipaul)

The Mystic Masseur

10

V.S. Naipaul

India: A Wounded Civilization (V.S. Naipaul)

India: A Wounded Civilization

11

V.S. Naipaul

Guerrillas (V.S. Naipaul)

Guerrillas

12

V.S. Naipaul

A Turn in the South (V.S. Naipaul)

A Turn in the South

13

V.S. Naipaul

The Suffrage of Elvira (V.S. Naipaul)

The Suffrage of Elvira

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V.S. Naipaul

The Return of Eva Peron With the Killings in Trinidad (V.S. Naipaul)

The Return of Eva Peron With the Killings in Trinidad

15

V.S. Naipaul

Reading and Writing: A Personal Account (V.S. Naipaul)

Reading and Writing: A Personal Account

16

V.S. Naipaul

Finding the Center (V. S. Naipaul)

Finding the Center

17

V. S. Naipaul

A Flag on the Island (V.S. Naipaul)

A Flag on the Island

18

V.S. Naipaul

Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion (V.S. Naipaul)

Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion

19

V.S. Naipaul

Kaddish for an Unborn Child (Imre Kertesz)

Kaddish for an Unborn Child

20

Imre Kertesz

Liquidation (Imre Kertész)

Liquidation

21

Imre Kertész

Detective Story (Imre Kerstesz)

Detective Story

22

Imre Kerstesz

Dossier K. (Imre Kertész)

Dossier K.

23

Imre Kertész

The Union Jack (Imre Kertész)

The Union Jack

24

Imre Kertész

The Pathseeker (Imre Kertész)

The Pathseeker

25

Imre Kertész

The Holocaust as Culture (Imre Kertész)

The Holocaust as Culture

26

Imre Kertész

Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee)

Disgrace

27

J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)

Waiting for the Barbarians

28

J.M. Coetzee

Life and Times of Michael K (J.M. Coetzee)

Life and Times of Michael K

29

J.M. Coetzee

In the Heart of the Country (J.M. Coetzee)

In the Heart of the Country

30

J.M. Coetzee

Dusklands (J.M. Coetzee)

Dusklands

31

J.M. Coetzee

Foe (J.M. Coetzee)

Foe

32

J.M. Coetzee

Diary of a Bad Year (J.M. Coetzee)

Diary of a Bad Year

33

J.M. Coetzee

Boyhood (J.M. Coetzee)

Boyhood

34

J.M. Coetzee

Youth (J.M. Coetzee)

Youth

35

J.M. Coetzee

The Death of Jesus (J.M. Coetzee)

The Death of Jesus

36

J.M. Coetzee

Elizabeth Costello (J.M. Coetzee)

Elizabeth Costello

37

J.M. Coetzee

Age of Iron (J.M. Coetzee)

Age of Iron

38

J.M. Coetzee

The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy (J.M. Coetzee)

The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy

39

J.M. Coetzee

Three Stories (J.M. Coetzee)

Three Stories

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J.M. Coetzee

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