Literature
Gabriela Mistral (Chile, 1945) - For her lyrical poetry inspired by powerful emotions
Miguel Ángel Asturias (Guatemala, 1967) - For his living literary achievements rooted in
indigenous traditions
Pablo Neruda (Chile, 1971) - For his poetry that, with the action of an elemental force, gives life to
the destiny and dreams of a continent
Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia, 1982) - For his novels and stories in which the fantastic and the
real are combined in a world richly composed of imagination
Octavio Paz (Mexico, 1990) - For his passionate writing with broad horizons, characterized by sensory
intelligence and humanistic integrity
Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru, 2010) - For his cartography of power structures
Peace
Carlos Saavedra Lamas (Argentina, 1936) - For his work in mediating international conflicts
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Argentina, 1980) - For his fight in defense of human rights
Alfonso García Robles (Mexico, 1982) - For his work in demilitarization and nuclear disarmament
Óscar Arias Sánchez (Costa Rica, 1987) - For his efforts to end the civil wars in Central America
Rigoberta Menchú (Guatemala, 1992) - For her work in the defense of indigenous rights and social justice
Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia, 2016) - For his efforts to end the armed conflict in Colombia
Medicine
Bernardo Houssay (Argentina, 1947) - For his discovery of the importance of the pituitary gland in the regulation of glucose in the body
Baruj Benacerraf (Venezuela, 1980) - For his discoveries about the cell surface structures that regulate immunological reactions
César Milstein (Argentina, 1984) - For his theories on the specificity in the development and control of the immune system
Chemistry
Luis Federico Leloir (Argentina, 1970) - For his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate biosynthesis
Mario J. Molina (Mexico, 1995) - For his work in atmospheric chemistry