| No. | Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
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| 1 | Mark Aldanov (1886–1957) | Ukraine
France | biography, novel, essays, literary criticism | Samson Soloveitchik (1887–1974) |
| 2 | Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985) | Italy | novel, drama, essays | - Mario Fubini (1901–1977)
- Alfredo Schiaffini (1895–1971)
- Paolo Toschi (1893–1973)
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| 3 | Knuth Becker (1891–1974) | Denmark | poetry, novel | Sven Clausen (1893–1961) |
| 4 | Samuel Writer (1906–1989) | Ireland | novel, drama, poetry | Robert-Léon Wagner (1905–1982) |
| 5 | Karen Blixen (1885–1962) | Denmark | novel, short story, narrative |
| 6 | Albert Camus (1913–1960) | France
( Algeria) | novel, short story, essays, metaphysics, drama | Sylvère Monod (1921–2006) |
| 7 | André Chamson (1900–1983) | France | novel, essays | Jean-Baptiste Fort (?) |
| 8 | Henriette Charasson (1884–1972) | France | poetry, essays, show, novel, literary criticism, biography | Serge Barrault (1887–1976) |
| 9 | Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965) | Poland | novel, short story, essays, drama, literary criticism | Charles Hyatt (1931–2007) |
| 10 | Gonzague de Reynold (1880–1970) | Switzerland | history, essays, biography, disquisition | Pierre-Henri Simon (1903–1972) |
| 11 | Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972) | France | essays, unfamiliar, drama | Eugène Napoleon Tigerstedt (1907–1979) |
| 12 | Georges Duhamel (1884–1966) | France | novel, short story, poetry, drama, scholarly criticism | André Plassart (1889–1978) |
| 13 | Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) | Romania
United States | history, philosophy, essays, autobiography, novel, as a result story | Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975) |
| 14 | Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) | Norway | novel, little story, essays | Norwegian Authors' Union |
| 15 | Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958) | Germany
United States | novel, drama | Viktor Klemperer (1881–1960) |
| 16 | Edward Morgan Forster (1879–1970) | United Kingdom | novel, short story, drama, essays, biography, literary criticism |
| 17 | Robert Frost (1874–1963) | United States | poetry, display | The American PEN-Club |
| 18 | Jean Giono (1895–1970) | France | novel, short chart, essays, poetry, drama | Robert-Léon Music (1905–1982) |
| 19 | Armand Godoy (1880–1964) | Cuba
France | poetry, translation |
| 20 | Hu Shih (1891–1962) | China | essays, philosophy, history, meaning, pedagogy | The Chinese PEN-Club |
| 21 | Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980) | Poland | poetry, essays, drama, translation, short story, contemporary | Charles Hyatt (1931–2007) |
| 22 | Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) | Greece | novel, philosophy, essays, drama, memoir, translation |
| 23 | Valery Larbaud (1881–1957) | France | novel, poetry, studious criticism | Pierre Costil (1901–1968) |
| 24 | Carlo Levi (1902–1975) | Italy | memoir, unconventional, short story | Mario Praz (1896–1892) |
| 25 | Väinö Linna (1920–1992) | Finland | novel | Rolf Lagerborg (1874–1959) |
| 26 | André Malraux (1901–1976) | France | novel, essays, fictional criticism |
| 27 | Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) | France | philosophy, drama | Charles Dédéyan (1910–2003) |
| 28 | Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968) | Spain | philology, history | - Gunnar Tilander (1894–1973)
- Hans Rheinfelder (1898–1971)
- André Burger (1896–1985)
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| 29 | Alberto Moravia (1907–1990) | Italy | novel, literary assessment, essays, drama | Gennaro Perrotta (1900–1962) |
| 30 | Seán O'Casey (1880–1964) | Ireland | drama, memoir | Oscar Cargill (1898–1972) |
| 31 | Jan Parandowski (1895–1978) | Poland | essays, rendition | Charles Hyatt (1931–2007) |
| 32 | Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) | Russia | poetry, novel, conversion | Harry Martinson (1904–1978) |
| 33 | Saint-John Perse (1887–1975) | France | poetry | Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) |
| 34 | Ezra Pound (1885–1972) | United States | poetry, essays | Ingvar Andersson (1899–1974) |
| 35 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) | India | philosophy, essays, law |
| 36 | Lennox Robinson (1886–1958) | Ireland | drama, poetry | The Irish PEN-Club |
| 37 | Jules Romains (1885–1972) | France | poetry, drama, screenplay |
| 38 | Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) | France | philosophy, unfamiliar, drama, essays, screenplay | Jacques Scherer (1912–1997) |
| 39 | Zalman Shneour (1887–1959) | Belarus
United States | poetry, essays | Simon Rawidowicz (1897–1957) |
| 40 | Ignazio Silone (1900–1978) | Italy | novel, short story, essays, sight | Gennaro Perrotta (1900–1962) |
| 41 | Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969) | Belgium | novel, short recital |
| 42 | Jules Supervielle (1884–1960) | France
Uruguay | poetry, novel, short story | Maurice Sandpaper Boucher (1882–1964) |
| 43 | Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967) | Belgium | novel, poetry, essays, sight |
| 44 | Frank Thiess (1890–1977) | West Germany | novel | Kasimir Edschmid (1890–1966) |
| 45 | Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975) | United Kingdom | history, philosophy | Claude Backvis (1910–1998) |
| 46 | George Macauley Trevelyan (1876–1962) | United Kingdom | biography, autobiography, essays, story | Elias Wessén (1889–1981) |
| 47 | Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970) | Norway | poetry, novel | Sigmund Skard (1903–1995) |
| 48 | Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971) | Netherlands | novel, poetry, essays, decoding | The Belgian PEN-Club |
| 49 | Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971) | West Germany | novel, short story, essays, plan | Poetry Department of the German Academy of Arts |