Nobel Prize Awarded Women: The Nobel Prize in Literature: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007 Doris Lessing "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny" The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 Elfriede Jelinek "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 Wislawa Szymborska "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 Toni Morrison "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 Nadine Gordimer "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966 Nelly Sachs "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945 Gabriela Mistral "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 Pearl Buck "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1928 Sigrid Undset "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 Grazia Deledda "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings" The Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Leymah Gbowee "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Tawakkol Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 Wangari Muta Maathai "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" The Nobel Peace Prize 2003 Shirin Ebadi "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children" The Nobel Peace Prize 1997 Jody Williams "for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines" The Nobel Peace Prize 1992 Rigoberta Menchú Tum "in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples" The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights" The Nobel Peace Prize 1982 Alva Myrdal The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Mother Teresa The Nobel Peace Prize 1976 Betty Williams The Nobel Peace Prize 1976 Mairead Corrigan The Nobel Peace Prize 1946 Emily Greene Balch The Nobel Peace Prize 1931 Jane Addams The Nobel Peace Prize 1905 Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009 Elinor Ostrom "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"