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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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Alice Munro, Canadian Author Who Won Nobel Prize In Literature In 2013, Dies At 92
Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed master of the short story, died on Monday at the age of
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Norway's Jon Fosse Wins Nobel Literature Prize: 5 Facts About Him
The Nobel Prize will be presented to him by King Carl XVI Gustaf during a formal event in Stockholm on December 10, which also marks the death anniversary of scientist Alfred Nobel
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Nobel Literature Prize Awarded To Jon Fosse, A Look At Past Winners
"I am overwhelmed and grateful. I see this as an award to the literature that first and foremost aims to be literature, without other considerations," Fosse said in a statement immediately after the announcement.
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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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Russian Critic Or Chinese Writer? Who Can Win 2023 Nobel Literature Prize
The Nobel Prize in Literature -- to be announced Thursday -- could go to an overtly political author like a Kremlin critic, or crown a safer or lesser-known writer, experts say.
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"Butterfly Counts...": Nobel Prize Tribute To Rabindranath Tagore Ahead Of 2022 Reveal
Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, was the first Indian, and non-European, to get it
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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 Prizes Struggle With Wide Gender Disparity... This Year Too
All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine, chemistry, physics and literature have been men, re-igniting a recurring debate about diversity in the highly coveted awards, particularly those in science.
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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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"My Dream To See India, Pak Become True Good Friends": Malala Yousafzai
The old philosophy of having borders and divisions doesn't work anymore and the people in India and Pakistan want to live in peace, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Sunday, stressing that it is her dream to see the two countries become "good friends".
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On This Day In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore Became First Non-European Literature Laureate
Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in Literature on this day in 1913. The Nobel Laureate penned over 2,000 songs, which are known as 'Rabindra Sangeet'. His works include hundreds of novels, short stories, dance-dramas, poems, essays and travelogues.
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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 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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Alice Munro, Canadian Author Who Won Nobel Prize In Literature In 2013, Dies At 92
Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed master of the short story, died on Monday at the age of
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Norway's Jon Fosse Wins Nobel Literature Prize: 5 Facts About Him
The Nobel Prize will be presented to him by King Carl XVI Gustaf during a formal event in Stockholm on December 10, which also marks the death anniversary of scientist Alfred Nobel
-
Nobel Literature Prize Awarded To Jon Fosse, A Look At Past Winners
"I am overwhelmed and grateful. I see this as an award to the literature that first and foremost aims to be literature, without other considerations," Fosse said in a statement immediately after the announcement.
-
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.
-
Russian Critic Or Chinese Writer? Who Can Win 2023 Nobel Literature Prize
The Nobel Prize in Literature -- to be announced Thursday -- could go to an overtly political author like a Kremlin critic, or crown a safer or lesser-known writer, experts say.
-
"Butterfly Counts...": Nobel Prize Tribute To Rabindranath Tagore Ahead Of 2022 Reveal
Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, was the first Indian, and non-European, to get it
-
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 Prizes Struggle With Wide Gender Disparity... This Year Too
All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine, chemistry, physics and literature have been men, re-igniting a recurring debate about diversity in the highly coveted awards, particularly those in science.
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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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"My Dream To See India, Pak Become True Good Friends": Malala Yousafzai
The old philosophy of having borders and divisions doesn't work anymore and the people in India and Pakistan want to live in peace, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Sunday, stressing that it is her dream to see the two countries become "good friends".
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On This Day In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore Became First Non-European Literature Laureate
Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in Literature on this day in 1913. The Nobel Laureate penned over 2,000 songs, which are known as 'Rabindra Sangeet'. His works include hundreds of novels, short stories, dance-dramas, poems, essays and travelogues.
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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.
