Tag: Swedish Academy

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Tanzanian-born writer wins Literature Nobel Prize

  

  The 72-year-old Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded this year by Swedish Academy.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Nobel Literature for US poet Louise Gluck; Swedish Academy overcomes a 2019 controversial Prize

  

  The Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday went to US poet Louise Gluck, the jury at the Swedish Academy said, honoring a writer known for themes of childhood and family life. Gluck, 77, was honored ”for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,” the Academy said.

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

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

  

  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.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Polish woman and controversial Austrian novelist win the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Literature Prize

  

  Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, which was delayed over a sexual harassment scandal, while Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke took the 2019 award, the Swedish Academy said.