These individuals did their best and succeeded in raising the bar for writers all over the world. However, they did not win the Nobel Prize for whatever reason but definitely deserved it.

1. Jorge Luis Borges

Even though Jorge Luis Borges managed to bag the first ever Pulitzer Prize, he did not win the Nobel Prize even though was considered by the committee for several years. They decided against it because he supported Pinochet but awarded others who believed in dictators like Stalin.

2. Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov wrote the world-renowned novel called Lolita. Apart from that, he wrote many more books and translated poetry beautifully. Even though he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1974, he lost to two authors who were surprisingly, a part of the committee.

3. W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden will continue to be the best poets of all time. He was honored several times and won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer. The Committee allegedly turned the poet down because supposedly, he did not decode a book by Dag Hammarskjold properly and also because he suggested that the other writer was homosexual.

4. Robert Frost

Robert Frost was undoubtedly the most outstanding American poet of the 20^th Century. He won four Pulitzers and was awarded doctorates from prestigious universities like Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Cambridge and many others. It will not be an exaggeration to say that his poems will be remembered till the English language dies out. Nobody really knows why the Nobel Committed ignored him.

5. Emile Zola

Emile Zola wrote about 30 books and they were all incredible enough to win Pulitzers in todays day and time. He was considered by the Nobel Committee twice but did not win. The reason is given below.