Telegram to Samuel Beckett from the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy telling him of the announcement of his Nobel Prize in Literatre.

Isaac Bashevis Singer signing autographs at a reception during Nobel Week in Stockholm, 9 December 1978.

Watch a video clip of the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Jon Fosse, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2023.

Jon Fosse’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2023. Your MajestiesYour Royal HighnessesExcellencesEsteemed LaureatesLadies and gentlemen Many years ago, I saw myself – not in a dream, or in a daydream, more like in a vision – walking along the side of a road leading to the centre of a town. When I…

Professor Anders Olsson delivering the presentation speech for the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2023. English Presentation Speech by Professor Anders Olsson, Member of the , Chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, 10 December 2023. Your Majesties, Esteemed Nobel Prize Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, To enter the world…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Anders Olsson, ledamot av ordförande i Nobelkommittén för litteratur, 10 december 2023. Eders Majestäter, Ärade pristagare, Mina Damer och Herrar, Att träda in i Jon Fosses värld är att komma till en trakt av största oro och beslutsvånda. Hans rika författarskap kretsar kring den enskilda människans vilsenhet och svårigheter att finna…

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From left: Chemistry laureate Vincent du Vigneaud, physics laureates Willis E. Lamb and Polykarp Kusch, medicine laureate Hugo Theorell and literature laureate Halldór Laxness having a look at their diplomas after the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 1955.