| A | B |
|---|
| 1901 | René F. A. Sulley-Prudhomme (1839-1907), French |
| 1902 | Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), German |
| 1903 | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910), Norwegian |
| 1904 | Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914), French |
| 1905 | Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916), Polish |
| 1906 | Giosuè Carducci (1837-1907), Italian |
| 1907 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), British |
| 1908 | Rudolf C. Eucken (1846-1926), German |
| 1909 | Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), Swedish |
| 1910 | Paul J. L. Heyse (1830-1914), German |
| 1911 | Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), Belgian |
| 1912 | Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German |
| 1913 | Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian |
| 1914 | No award |
| 1915 | Romain Rolland (1866-1944), French |
| 1916 | Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940), Swedish |
| 1917 | Karl A. Gjellerup (1857-1919), Danish |
