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Montevideo, November 16th 2025 - 16:12 UTC

Tag: Literature Nobel Prize

  • Thursday, October 9th 2025 - 20:14 UTC

    Hungarian Krasznahorkai gets 2025 Literature Nobel Prize

    Krasznahorkai is referred to by his publisher as the “master of literary hallucination”

    Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai was honored with the 2025 Literature Nobel Prize for his “compelling and visionary work that affirms the power of art amidst apocalyptic horror,” Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary and Spokesperson for the Swedish Academy, announced in Stockholm on Thursday.

  • Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    The 2019 Literature Nobel Prize award implodes in the scandal-hit Swedish Academy

    Author Kristoffer Leandoer said he was leaving because he had “neither the patience nor the time” to wait for the committee to complete its reforms.”

    Two external members of the Nobel literature prize committee quit on Monday after criticizing the scandal-hit Swedish Academy. The 233-year-old Academy was forced to introduce several new measures after a sex scandal involving the husband of a former member escalated into a bitter row that meant it had to postpone the award for 2018.