This volume presents nine authors awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. In addition to biographical sketches of each laureate, emphasis is given to the decision making processes by juries for the Pulitzer awards in New York as well as the discussions within the Nobel Prize committees in Stockholm. Main parts of the Nobel Lectures by the recipients follow, and each winner is characterized by one of his most important works, including a content synopsis and style samples. Necessary background materials came from the Pulitzer Prize Archive at Columbia University, New York, and the Nobel Prize Archive of the Swedish Academy, Stockholm.