Orhan Pamuk, Copyright © Columbia University 2006, Photo: Eileen Barroso

Orhan Pamuk, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Literature

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature

The names of the year’s Nobel Laureates in Literature are announced during a press conference at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The announcement is web cast live here at Nobelprize.org!

2008 Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".

Announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature See the official announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature from the Swedish Academy.

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