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László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel prize for literature – the Hungarian novelist’s grand tales of alienation speak to our times

Awarding the Nobel prize for literature to László Krasznahorkai today, the Swedish Academy commended the author’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. But in itself their decision is also a commitment to the value of serious and intellectual writing in…

The Conversation

Hungary's Krasznahorkai, 'Master Of The Apocalypse' Wins Literature Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary's most important living author, whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy.

International Business Times

Nobel prize in literature 2025 as it happened: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’

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Nobel Literature Buzz Tips Swiss Postmodernist, Australians For Prize

Swiss postmodernist novelist Christian Kracht and Australia's Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright are among the favourites for the Nobel literature prize, experts told AFP ahead of the Swedish Academy's much-anticipated announcement on Thursday.

International Business Times

Han Kang Awarded 2024 Nobel Prize For Literature, Reflecting On Fragility And Human Trauma

South Korean author Han Kang, renowned for her deep, poetic explorations of trauma and human fragility, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

International Business Times

Han Kang wins South Korea's first Nobel Prize in Literature

Best known for her dark and troubling novel "The Vegetarian", Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising her "intensely poetic prose" and the important questions of historical trauma and human fragility that she deals with. Audrey Chapuis,…

France 24

Nobel Literature goes to South Korean Han Kang, 18th woman to be awarded

With this award a total of 18 women have been awarded the literature prize so far. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Nobel Prize in literature is being awarded in Stockholm

After three days of Nobel prizes honoring work in the sciences, the literature award is being announced by the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy

The Independent UK

Nobel Literature Jury May Go For Non-Western Writer

The Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on Thursday has mainly gone to Western writers over the years, though this year the Swedish Academy may shine its spotlight further afield, experts say.

International Business Times

The one and only official Swedish dictionary hits the shelves

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Swedish Academy. There’s interesting information about building with bamboo, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz question, so click on the “Play” button above and…

Radio France Internationale

Official Swedish dictionary completed after 140 years

The definitive record of the Swedish language has been completed after 140 years. A total of 137 employees contributed to the document – but the job isn't quite done yet with 10,000 new words still to be added.

Radio France Internationale

Nobel prize winner Jon Fosse: ‘It took years before I dared to write again’

In 2012, the Norwegian novelist and playwright collapsed. He gave up drinking, retreating from the public eye – then, earlier this month, he got a call from the Swedish academy. He discusses how it feels to win a Nobel prize

The Guardian - UK

Louise Glück obituary

Former US poet laureate who could create a landscape in her work that made her seem a visionary

The Guardian - UK

Norwegian writer Jon Fosse awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

His name had long been on the list of potential Nobel laureates. This Thursday, the Swedish Academy named Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1959 on Norway's western coast, the 64-year-old's vast body of work includes plays, novels, poetry,…

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Evening Standard

Nobel Prize in literature won by Norwegian author Jon Fosse

The new laureate joins an illustrious list of past winners thanks to ‘his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable’

The Guardian - UK

Nobel prize in literature 2023 won by Norwegian author Jon Fosse – as it happened

Fosse honoured by Nobel committee ‘for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable’

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Japan's Kenzaburo Oe, a Nobel-winning author of poetic fiction, dies at 88

Oe's works, including The Catch and A Personal Matter, were built from his childhood memories during Japan's postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son.

The Independent UK

Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies

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