Nobel Prize For Literature

The academy praised Kang for having a "unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead" Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea's Gwangju

64-year-old Norwegian author has been recognised for his 'innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable'

Rumours are rife that the Swedish Academy of Nobel prize may award the Nobel Prize in Literature either to Salman Rushdie, known for 'The Satanic Verses' or to Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter"

Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo won the first Nobel of the year, for initiating the field of ancient DNA studies

There are 343 candidates for Nobel Peace Prize, out of which 251 are individuals and 92 are organisations

With this year's Annie Ernaux, Nobel has now 17 women among its 119 literature laureates

Nobel Prize 2021: Who are the winners and why have they been chosen?

As the world reels from the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of science, world peace and literature seem more important. Let's look at a brief history of the Nobel Prize, and the winners this year

The unconventional music of the Nobel laureate, who turned 80 last week, might have nothing connecting Indians to it but there is a reason he has a following here

Book review of Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said

Glück, who was born in New York in 1943, has written numerous poetry collections, many of which deal with the challenges of family life and growing older

British bookmakers have placed Greta Thunberg as the hot peace prize favorite this year, with Donald Trump listed as a rank outsider.

The Nobel Foundation - which is ultimately responsible for administering the intentions of the will of Alfred Nobel - has said it supports the decision made by the Swedish Academy

Three Academy members chose to step down after a majority of members voted not to exclude a member whose husband has been accused of sexual harassment

Award marks a return to a more mainstream interpretation of literature after the 2016 prize went to Bob Dylan