The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed ...

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.

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 ...

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

In a 2024 speech accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature, South Korean author Han Kang confessed that “I had long lost a sense of deep-rooted trust in humans.” She wondered: “How then could ...

Munro is only the thirteenth woman to win the prize since its inception in 1901. The Nobel Foundation said they had been unable to reach her and had left a message on her phone. Photo: Reuters ...

Winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2022, "The Netanyahus" is a searing comic novel that peers behind the psychology of an abrasive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...