2012

Merethe Lindstrøm

2011

Gyrðir Elíasson

2010

Sofi Oksanen

2009

Per Petterson

2008

Naja Marie Aidt

2007

Sara Stridsberg

2006

Göran Sonnevi

2005

Sjón

2004

Kari Hotakainen

2003

Eva Ström

2002

Lars Saabye Christensen

2001

Jan Kjærstad

2000

Henrik Nordbrandt

1999

Pia Tafdrup

1998

Tua Forsström

1997

Dorrit Willumsen

1996

Øystein Lønn

1995

Einar Már Guðmundsson

1994

Kerstin Ekman

1993

Peer Hultberg

1992

Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir

1991

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

1990

Tomas Tranströmer

1989

Dag Solstad

1988

Thor Vilhjálmsson

1987

Herbjørg Wassmo

1986

Rói Patursson

1985

Antti Tuuri

1984

Göran Tunström

1983

Peter Seeberg

1982

Sven Delblanc

1981

Snorri Hjartarson

1980

Sara Lidman

1979

Ivar Lo-Johansson

1978

Kjartan Fløgstad

1977

Bo Carpelan

1976

Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

1975

Hannu Salama

1974

Villy Sørensen

1973

Veijo Meri

1972

Karl Vennberg

1971

Thorkild Hansen

1970

Klaus Rifbjerg

1969

Per Olov Enquist

1968

Per Olof Sundman

1967

Johan Borgen

1966

Gunnar Ekelöf

1965

William Heinesen

1965

Olof Lagercrantz

1964

Tarjei Vesaas

1963

Väinö Linna

1962

Eyvind Johnson