Nobel buzz: Salman Rushdie among favourites to win literature prize
Wednesday, 4 October 2023 As the Swedish Academy prepares to award the Nobel Literature Prize, experts speculate whether a political statement will be made. Possible laureates include Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya, known for her criticism of the Kremlin, and Salman Rushdie, who survived an assassination attempt due to his controversial book "The Satanic Verses." The Academy could also choose to highlight a lesser-known writer like China's Can Xue.
Jon Fosse Wins , 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The 64-year-old Norwegian playwright was awarded the prize "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," NPR reports. .
While Fosse is not well-known to the general public outside of Norway, he is internationally celebrated...
Nobel announcements continue with the physics prize on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the economics award on October..
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Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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