The answer is: more people than you might think. The Nobel Prize is awarded in five categories—physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace—by committees who rely on nominations ...

Nobel literature committee member Anna-Karin Palm said Han writes about “trauma, pain and loss,” whether individual or collective, “with the same compassion and care.” ...

For British-Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah, winning the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature was a moment of reaffirmation.

When Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October last year, her books flew off the shelves, and South Korea’s ...

Professor Luke has twenty years of research experience within the same discipline and has received a double nomination for the prestigious 2025 Nobel Prizes in Peace and Literature. Professor Luke ...

The Nobel Academy guards its deliberations over prize winners for 50 years, and events in 1974 help explain why. That year, the two winners of the Nobel for literature were members of the Literature ...

Burns for installation at Boston College Ireland. A four-week webinar series produced by Boston College is exploring the lives and works of the four Irishborn winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature: ...

It tells the tale of Lord Rama's journey to save his wife Sita. It is a fundamental part of Indian culture, spirituality, and ...

The 17th edition of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature comes to an end on Monday in Dubai, reaffirming its place as ...

Last year, South Korean author Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Asian woman to win the prize. Following her historic victory is the English translation of her 2021 ...

Venki Ramakrishnan delivered the keynote address at the inaugural session of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) on Thursday ...