Literature was the fourth prize area Alfred Nobel mentioned in his will. Below, articles on the subject are presented.

The Nobel Prize in Literature

BY KJELL ESPMARK

The history of the Literature Prize appears as a series of attempts to interpret an imprecisely worded will.

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Nominations and reports 1901-1950

BY BO SVENSÉN

Like those who nominated them, the candidates proposed for the Literature Prize varied extensively.

Topping Shakespeare? Aspects of the Nobel Prize for Literature

BY STURE ALLÉN

It has been asked how it may be determined whether one kind of literature is more ideal than Another.

 

The idealised and naturalistic view of reality: Early 20th century German Literature Laureates

BY STURE PACKALÉN

The work of Mommsen, Eucken and Heyse depicted reality in an explicable, idealised light.

Nobel Prize authors on time

BY ANDERS CULLHED

What is time? Is it a circle, a line, or an irreversible process with a unique beginning and end?

Nobel Laureates in Literature

6 master storytellers – on the power of books

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