| PASTERNAK | In 1958 Russian writer Boris ... declined the Nobel prize for literature awarded for his novel, Dr Z |
| NOBEL | Russian writer Boris Pasternak declined this prize for literature in 1958 which had been awarded for his novel, Dr Zhivago |
| DALAILAMA | 1989 winner and 14th spiritual leader of Tibet, awarded for his nonviolent struggle for Tibetan autonomy (5,4) |
| BORIS | _ Pasternak, writer who declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958 (5) |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | French writer and existentialist philosopher who declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964 (4-4,6) |
| SARTRE | French exponent of existentialism, who declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 (6) |
| BORISPASTERNAK | Russian author best known for his novel Dr Zhivago |
| STALIN | Soviet leader who declined the invitation for Soviet participation in the 1948 Games in London (6) |
| ARROWSMITH | Novel for which the author declined the Pulitzer Prize |
| DAMONGALGUT | South African novelist and playwright awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise (5,6) |
| OKRI | Ben, writer who won the 1991 Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road (4) |
| THO | Vietnamese stateman who declined the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize |
| DAVIDGROSSMAN | Israeli author awarded the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for his novel A Horse Walks Into A Bar (5,8) |
| SAHITYA | Bond won the _______ Akademi Award in 1992 for his novel Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra |
| FORDMADOXFORD | English writer and critic noted for his novel The Good Soldier published in 1915 (4,5,4) |
| JEKYLL | Classic horror novel, Dr ... & Mr Hyde (6) |
| MANN | Thomas -; German author awarded a Nobel Prize for his novel Buddenbrooks (4) |
| READE | Charles, writer noted for his novel The Cloister And The Hearth (5) |
| HEMINGWAY | Ernest ___ American novelist who is famous for his novel The Old Man and the Sea |
| APULEIUS | Lucius ___, Numidian writer of ancient Rome best known for his novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass (8) |
