Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts

1958 Robert Dick - United Kingdom based in Philippines, Mochtar Lubis - Indonesia
1959 Tarzie Vittachi - Sri Lanka, Edward Michael Law-Yone - Burma
1961 Amitabha Chowdhury - India
1962 Chang Chun-ha - Korea
1964 Richard Wilson - British in Hong Kong, Kayser Sung - Chinese in Hong Kong
1965 Akira Kurosawa - Japan
1967 Satyajit Ray - India
1968 Ton That Thien - Vietnam
1969 Mitoji Nishimoto - Japan


1971 Prayoon Chanyavongs - Thailand
1972 Yasuji Hanamori - Japan
1973 Michiko Ishimure - Japan
1974 Zacarias Sarian - Philippines
1975 Boobli George Verghese - India
1976 Sombhu Mitra - India
1977 Mahesh Chandra Regmi - Nepal
1978 Yoon Suk-joong - Korea
1979 Lokukamkanamge Manjusri - Sri Lanka


1980 F. Sionil Jose - Philippines
1981 Gour Kishore Ghosh - India
1982 Arun Shourie - India
1983 Marcelline Jayakody - Sri Lanka
1984 R. K. Laxman - India
1985 Lino Brocka - Philippines
1986 Radio Veritas - Philippines based
1987 Diane Ying - Taiwan
1988 Ediriweera Sarachchandra - Sri Lanka
1989 James Reuter - Philippines based


1991 K.V. Subbanna - India
1992 Ravi Shankar - India
1993 Bienvenido Lumbera - Philippines
1994 Abdul Samad Ismail - Malaysia
1995 Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Indonesia
1996 Nick Joaquin - Philippines
1997 Mahasweta Devi - India
1998 Ruocheng Ying - China
1999 Raul Locsin - Philippines, Lin Hwai-Min - Taiwan
2000 Atmakusumah Astraatmadja - Indonesia


2001 Wannakuwatta Amaradeva - Sri Lanka
2002 Bharat Koirala - Nepal
2003 Sheila Coronel - Philippines
2004 Abdullah Abu Sayeed - Bangladesh
2005 Matiur Rahman - Bangladesh
2006 Eugenia Duran Apostol - Philippines
2007 P. Sainath - India
2008 - Akio Ishii - Japan