Nobel Literature Prize

Trump downplays shot at Nobel Peace Prize, says 'no idea' if he will win

Donald Trump made these remarks during a White House presser when he was asked about his prospects for winning a Nobel Prize to be announced this Friday

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