1. 2002: Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist and author of "The House of the Spirits"
2. 2004: Michael Ondaatje, Canadian author of "The English Patient"
3. 2006: Cormac McCarthy, American author of "The Road" and "All the Pretty Horses"
4. 2008: Salman Rushdie, British-Indian author of "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic Verses"
5. 2010: Toni Morrison, American author of "Beloved" and "Jazz"
6. 2012: Amy Tan, American author of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Kitchen God's Wife"
7. 2014: Louise Erdrich, American author of "Love Medicine" and "The Round House"
8. 2016: Viet Thanh Nguyen, American author of "The Sympathizer"
9. 2018: Isabel Wilkerson, American author of "The Warmth of Other Suns" and "Caste"
10. 2020: George Saunders, American author of "Lincoln in the Bardo" and "Pastoralia"