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Nobel Prize In Literature Goes To South Korean Author Han Kang
Nobel Prize 2024: South Korean writer Han Kang, was awarded 2024 the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."
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"Overwhelmed And Somewhat Frightened": Nobel Prize For Literature Winner Jon Fosse
Winning the Nobel prize for literature is both overwhelming and scary, Norwegian playwright and novelist Jon Fosse told Reuters following the announcement on Thursday.
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Norwegian Author Jon Fosse Wins Nobel Prize For Literature
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday.
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French Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux Pays Tribute To Albert Camus
French writer Annie Ernaux hailed Albert Camus as she received her Nobel Prize for literature on Saturday, 65 years after the author of existentialist classic "The Stranger" won the same award.
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Literature Nobel: How Is Winner Chosen? Selection Panel Member Explains
The Swedish Academy with 18 members makes the final decision after a smaller group, the Nobel Committee for Literature, sends recommendations from among the nominations. Theoretically, anyone can be nominated, said Ellen Mattson, member of both.
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2022 Nobel Prize For Literature Goes To French Author Annie Ernaux
French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the jury said.
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Salman Rushdie Bookies' Favourite For Nobel Prize In 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.
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Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Hospitalised With Covid
Mario Vargas Llosa, the 2010 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, has been hospitalised after contracting Covid-19, but his condition is "developing favourably," his son said on Friday.
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Tanzanian-Born Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Gets Nobel Prize In Literature
Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said.
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Nobel Prizes In Science, Literature To Be Awarded In Winners' Home Countries
The foundation that organises the Nobel Prizes said Thursday that for the second year in a row the winners in science and literature would receive their awards in their home countries, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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American Poet Louise Gluck Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize In Literature
American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
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"Shame Is Sealed As A New Value": Outrage Over Nobel For Peter Handke
Austrian writer Peter Handke's Nobel literature prize win on Thursday sparked outrage in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo, where he is widely seen as an admirer of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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Nobel Prize 2019: Olga Tokarczuk Wins 2018 Nobel For Literature, Peter Handke For 2019
Nobel Prize In Literature 2019: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have been named the 2018 and 2019 winners of Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Toni Morrison Dies At 88
Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a short illness, her family said in a statement on Tuesday. She was 88.
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Nobel Foundation Says Two Literature Prizes To Be Awarded This Year
The Swedish academy will be allowed to award the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize for literature this year, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday, after a sex scandal forced a postponement of last year's prize.
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Nobel Prize In Literature Goes To South Korean Author Han Kang
Nobel Prize 2024: South Korean writer Han Kang, was awarded 2024 the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."
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"Overwhelmed And Somewhat Frightened": Nobel Prize For Literature Winner Jon Fosse
Winning the Nobel prize for literature is both overwhelming and scary, Norwegian playwright and novelist Jon Fosse told Reuters following the announcement on Thursday.
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Norwegian Author Jon Fosse Wins Nobel Prize For Literature
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday.
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French Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux Pays Tribute To Albert Camus
French writer Annie Ernaux hailed Albert Camus as she received her Nobel Prize for literature on Saturday, 65 years after the author of existentialist classic "The Stranger" won the same award.
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Literature Nobel: How Is Winner Chosen? Selection Panel Member Explains
The Swedish Academy with 18 members makes the final decision after a smaller group, the Nobel Committee for Literature, sends recommendations from among the nominations. Theoretically, anyone can be nominated, said Ellen Mattson, member of both.
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2022 Nobel Prize For Literature Goes To French Author Annie Ernaux
French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the jury said.
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Salman Rushdie Bookies' Favourite For Nobel Prize In 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.
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Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Hospitalised With Covid
Mario Vargas Llosa, the 2010 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, has been hospitalised after contracting Covid-19, but his condition is "developing favourably," his son said on Friday.
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Tanzanian-Born Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Gets Nobel Prize In Literature
Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said.
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Nobel Prizes In Science, Literature To Be Awarded In Winners' Home Countries
The foundation that organises the Nobel Prizes said Thursday that for the second year in a row the winners in science and literature would receive their awards in their home countries, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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American Poet Louise Gluck Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize In Literature
American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
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"Shame Is Sealed As A New Value": Outrage Over Nobel For Peter Handke
Austrian writer Peter Handke's Nobel literature prize win on Thursday sparked outrage in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo, where he is widely seen as an admirer of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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Nobel Prize 2019: Olga Tokarczuk Wins 2018 Nobel For Literature, Peter Handke For 2019
Nobel Prize In Literature 2019: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have been named the 2018 and 2019 winners of Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Toni Morrison Dies At 88
Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a short illness, her family said in a statement on Tuesday. She was 88.
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Nobel Foundation Says Two Literature Prizes To Be Awarded This Year
The Swedish academy will be allowed to award the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize for literature this year, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday, after a sex scandal forced a postponement of last year's prize.
