FACTBOX-Contenders for the 2005 Nobel literature prize

FACTBOX-Contenders for the 2005 Nobel literature prize

Possible winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature

Syrian-born poet Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said). Born 1930.

Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer. Born 1931.

South Korean poet Ko Un. Born 1933.

Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Born 1925.

Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch. Born 1927.

Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. Born 1928.

Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. Born 1936.

Czech novelist Milan Kundera. Born 1929.

Portuguese novelist Antonio Lobo Antunes. Born in 1942.

Algerian novelist, poet and playwright Assia Djebar (real name Fatima-Zohra Imalyene). Born 1936.

Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood. Born 1939. Danish poet Inger Christensen. Born 1935.

British novelist A.S. Byatt. Born 1936.

U.S. novelist Philip Roth. Born 1933.

U.S. novelist Joyce Carol Oates. Born 1938.

French poet Yves Bonnefoy. Born 1923.

French novelist Michel Tournier. Born 1924.

Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare. Born 1936.

Italian novelist Antonio Tabucchi. Born 1943.

Dutch novelist and poet Cees Nooteboom. Born 1933.

French novelist Jean Marie le Clezio. Born 1940.

Belgian poet, playwright and novelist Hugo Claus. Born 1929.

U.S. novelist Don DeLillo. Born 1936.

Finnish novelist and poet Eeva Kilpi. Born 1928.

Source: Reuters