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Swedish Ständiga sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 10 oktober 2019   Nobelprisen i litteratur för år 2018 och 2019 2018 års pris tilldelas den polska författaren Olga Tokarczuk “för en berättarkonst som med encyklopedisk lust gestaltar gränsöverskridandet som livsform.”   2019 års pris tilldelas den österrikiske författaren Peter Handke “för ett inflytelserikt författarskap som med stor språkkonst har…

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 10 October 2019 The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019 The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”   The Nobel Prize…

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 10 October 2019 The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019 The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”   The Nobel Prize…

Ständiga sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 10 oktober 2019 Nobelprisen i litteratur för år 2018 och 2019 2018 års pris tilldelas den polska författaren Olga Tokarczuk “för en berättarkonst som med encyklopedisk lust gestaltar gränsöverskridandet som livsform.”   2019 års pris tilldelas den österrikiske författaren Peter Handke “för ett inflytelserikt författarskap som med stor språkkonst har utforskat periferin…

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The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden, on 10 December every year – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Prize in Economic Sciences are awarded to the Nobel Laureates. Read the speeches

“It is important for the Nobel Prize that the Swedish Academy quickly solves their problems.” Comment on the postponed Literature Prize by Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, 4 October 2018: Photo: Kari Kohvakka The 2018 Nobel Prize announcements are now ongoing, however this year no Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced.…

“I am convinced that greater openness towards the outside world would be good for the Swedish Academy” The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Foundation supports the decision. Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, answers some questions concerning this decision: Photo: Kari Kohvakka Why will…

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