| DORIS | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
| LESSING | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
| ROSSSEA | Body of water where, in 2007, the largest known colossal squid was captured (4,3) |
| CHAWAWA | Munya _, British-Zimbabwean comedian (7) |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | Japanese-born British novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (5,8) |
| NAIPAUL | V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) ___ 1932-2018, Trinidadian-born British novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 (7) |
| GORDIMER | Nadine ___ (1923 2014), South African novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991 (8) |
| COETZEE | J. M. ___, South African-born Australian novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003 (7) |
| HESSE | Hermann ___, German-born Swiss novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946 (5) |
| DORISLESSING | Iranian-born British novelist awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,7) |
| GURNAH | Tanzanian-born UK novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on 7 October 2021 (10,6) |
| ABDULRAZAK | Tanzanian-born UK novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on 7 October 2021 (10,6) |
| UNDSET | Sigrid ___, Norwegian novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 |
| HEINRICHBOLL | German novelist, awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1972 |
| MANN | Thomas _, German-born novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1929 (4) |
| THOMASMANN | German-born novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1929 (6,4) |
| JAMES | Depicted in a portrait by John Singer Sargent, a novelist awarded the Order of Merit in 1916 who wrote The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove (5) |
| WHARTON | Edith -; novelist awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize in Literature for The Age of Innocence (7) |
| LEIS | Doris ---, British writer whose novels included The Grass Is Singing (7) |
| KHAWAJA | Australia opener who made an unbeaten 195 against South Africa in the 3rd Test in Sydney in 2023 (5,7) |
