The Latest Breaking News from The Swedish Academy

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 · Oct 9, 2025

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 · Oct 9, 2025

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’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

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 · Oct 10, 2024

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 · Oct 10, 2024

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 · Dec 10, 2023

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 · Oct 29, 2023

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 · Oct 28, 2023

Louise Glück obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

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,…

France 24 · Oct 5, 2023