Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson receiving his Nobel Prize from the hands of King Oscar II, 10 December 1903. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and his wife Karoline in the livingroom at Aulestad, Gausdal, Norway, 1908.

Nobel Prize Conversations  “I don’t write about heroes, I write about small people” Abdulrazak Gurnah’s books often touch on the fate of the refugee and effects of colonialism. In this conversation, conudcted in June 2022, he speaks about his interest in how people cope with traumas or problems in their lives – and are…

Nobel Prize Conversations ”In a number of my works, I am just narrating a tale for whoever is interested” In this podcast episode with literature laureate Wole Soyinka, conducted in November 2021, he talks about his photographic memory, his creative process and the question of who he writes literature for. His home of Nigeria figures…

Umm Kulthoum Mahfouz and Fatma Naguib Mahfouz receiving the Nobel Prize in literature 1988 on behalf of their father Naguib Mahfouz at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1988. Mr. Mohamed Salmawy delivering the Nobel Lecture on behalf of literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz at the Swedish Academy, 8 December 1988.…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm (the Stockholm Concert Hall) in Sweden on 10 December 2022.

Check out the answers to the game here. Derek Walcott wrote A far cry from Africa T.S. Eliot wrote The hollow men Wisława Szymborska wrote The three oddest words Pablo Neruda wrote Canto General Louise Glück wrote Snowdrops Rabindranath Tagore wrote Where the mind is without fear Want to try another game? Image creditsLouise Glück:…

Can you pair the correct poem with the Nobel Prize awarded poet? Drag the poem title to the empty square under the laureate to pair them, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want to try another game? Image creditsLouise Glück:…

Can you pair the correct book title with the Nobel Prize awarded woman? Drag the book title to the empty square under the laureate to pair them, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want to try another game? Image creditsAnnie…

German Nelly Sachs’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 Eure Majestät, Eure Königliche Hoheiten, meine verehrten Zuhörer: Im Sommer 1939 reiste meine deutsche Freundin nach Schweden, um aufzusuchen und um ihre Hilfe zu bitten, eine Freistatt für meine Mutter und mich in Schweden zu erwirken. Ich hatte…

Spanish Pablo Neruda’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Altezas, Señoras y Señores, Venimos de muy lejos, de fuera o de dentro de nosotros mismos, de idiomas contrapuestos, de países que se aman. Aquí nos encontramos, en Estocolmo, en esta noche central del mundo. Hemos llegado de…