Nobel Prize winners
from Spain.

Born in Iria Flavia, Spain. Recognized “for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability”.

• 1989Literature

Born in Madrid, Spain. Recognized “for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama”.

• 1922Literature

Born in Madrid, Spain. Recognized “in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama”.

• 1904Literature

Born in Moguer, Spain. Recognized “for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity”.

• 1956Literature

Born in Petilla de Aragón, Spain. Recognized “in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system”.

• 1906Medicine

Born in Luarca, Spain. Recognized “for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid”.

• 1959Medicine

Born in Sevilla, Spain. Recognized “for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars”.

• 1977Literature