“for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness”

“for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life”

“for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars”

“for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work”

“for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions”

“for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom”

“for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos”

“for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature”

“for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature”

“for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams”

“for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature”