A complete guide to Nobel Prizes in literature from Sully-Prudhomme to Derek Walcott (1901-1992), which can appeal to all readers as a source of documented facts and interesting anecdotes. It contains year-by-year summaries of literary events, parallel lives of laureates, concise biographies, lists of major works, and extensive tables in appendices. "Brillante estudio...con una documentación amplísima...interesante e instructiva lectura, un instrumento de trabajo y un libro de consulta útil para los comparistas, investigadores, docentes y estudiantes universitarios." —Louis Imperiale, Quaderni Ibero-Americani.