Boris Leonidovich Pasternak won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958.
He claimed he was too ill to attend the ceremony (Oodles Answer) & Under intense pressure of Soviet Authorities.
Patrick White won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973.
Naguib Mahfouz won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988.
No he did not
The Nobel Prize for Literature
Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1910.
Frederic Mistral won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904.
Henryk Sienkiewicz won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905.
Giosue Carducci won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906.
Romain Rolland won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1915.
Henrik Pontoppidan won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917.
Anatole France won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921.