Nobel Literature Prize

Who is S Korea's Han Kang: First Asian woman to win Nobel in 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

Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan accused of insulting China's heroes

His writing won China's first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping's China? That's the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit now driving a debate about nationalism in China. Patriotic campaigns have become more common in recent years in China, as online nationalists attack journalists, writers or other public figures they say have offended the country's dignity, but it is unusual for a figure as prominent as Mo Yan to be targeted. Patriotic blogger Wu Wanzheng, who goes by Truth-Telling Mao Xinghuo online, sued under a law that carries civil penalties and, in some cases, criminal punishments for perceived offenses against China's heroes and martyrs. Wu claimed Mo's books have smeared the Chinese Communist Party's reputation, beautified enemy Japanese soldiers and insulted former revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. The lawsuit filed last month demands that the author apologize to all Chinese people, the country's martyrs and Mao, and pay dama

Nobel Prize winners in 2023, check the complete list, name and fields below

The Nobel Prize winners for 2023 belong to a variety of different fields, a few awards are yet to be announced. Here is the full list of all the Nobel Prize winners in 2023

Norwegian author Jon Fosse awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

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

Nobel Foundation raises amount for Nobel Prize awards to 11 million kronor

The Nobel Foundation said Friday that it will raise the award amount for this year's Nobel Prizes by 1 million kronor (USD 90,000) to 11 million kronor (USD 986,270) as the Swedish currency has plummeted recently. "The Foundation has chosen to increase the prize amount because it is financially viable to do so, it said in a brief statement. The rapid depreciation of the Swedish currency has pushed it to its lowest level ever against the euro and the US dollar. Sweden has been struggling with high inflation it was 7.5 per cent in August, down from 9.3 per cent in July, far from the 2 per cent target set by the Riksbank, Sweden's central bank. When the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, the prize amount was 150,782 kronor per category, the foundation said. Over the past 15 years, the amount has been adjusted several times, it said. In 2012, it was reduced from 10 million kronor to 8 million kronor as a broad-based program to strengthen the Nobel Foundation's finances was ...

Laureates across 5 fields awarded at Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm

The Nobel Prize award ceremony was held in the Swedish capital

French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Ernaux was chosen 'for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory', the award-giving body

Scrutiniser of self, Annie Ernaux beats long path to Nobel literature prize

Her debut novel was Les Armoires Vides in 1974 but she gained international recognition following the publication of Les Annees in 2008, translated into The Years in 2017

Nobel Prize in Literature 2022: A look at past 10 awardees and their work

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

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"During the quarter, inflation was at peak levels which impacted gross margins," Dabur said in a regulatory filing

Rushdie among favourites to win this year's Nobel for literature: Report

Acclaimed Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed onstage at a literary event in New York two months ago, is tipped by bookmakers as one of the favourites to win this year's Nobel prize for literature on Thursday, a media report said on Tuesday. Rushdie, known for his feisty and defiant humour, and the author of the controversial Satanic Verses', was stabbed in the neck and stomach onstage at an event at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York in August this year. Betting site Nicer Odds, which compares odds from a number of bookmakers, showed that the lowest odds for Rushdie winning were 13/2 on Tuesday, according to The Guardian newspaper. This year's award will be announced on Thursday and goes to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction. The award is decided by the Swedish Academy, a group of 18 people who consist of Swedish writers, linguists, literary scholars, historians and a prominent ..

Nobel Prize season is here: 5 facts to know about the prestigious awards

The beginning of October means Nobel Prize season. Six days, six prizes, new faces from around the globe added to the world's most elite roster of scientists, writers, economists and human rights leaders. This year's Nobel season kicks off Monday with the medicine award, followed by daily announcements: physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award on Oct 10. Here are five other things to know about the coveted prizes: WHO CREATED THE NOBEL PRIZES? The prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite. The first awards were handed out in 1901, five years after Nobel's death. Each prize is worth 10 million kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out with a diploma and gold medal on Dec. 10 -- the date of Nobel's death in 1896. The economics award - officially

Tanzania's Gurnah, novelist of colonialism and refuge, wins 2021 Nobel

He got the award 'for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism', says Swedish Academy

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American poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel prize for literature

The prize was announced Thursday in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy

Peter Handke gets 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature, Olga Tokarczuk for 2018

The Swedish Academy is at pains to repair its reputation after a devastating scandal that saw Frenchman Jean-Claude Arnault, who has close ties to the Academy, jailed for rape in 2018

Toni Morrison, first black woman to win Nobel literature prize, dies at 88

In 2019 she was featured in an acclaimed documentary, "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am."

Marred by #MeToo scandal, Nobel season begins without Literature Prize

Without the Literature Prize this year, the most highly-anticipated award will be that for peace, announced on Friday in Oslo