Nobel Prize for Literature

Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel Poet: An Appreciation

Carla Seaquist | Posted 04.23.2012

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Carla Seaquist

What I prize most about Wislawa Szymborska is her readiness to confront the big classic themes -- life, death, history, war, reality, love -- and to do so with a voice that combines the fire of the Resistance with a proper humility.

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Behind the Betting on the Nobel Prize for Literature

John Lundberg | Posted 12.09.2011

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John Lundberg

The Nobel committee never releases its list of writers under consideration. So how does a website specializing in sports gambling determine -- from an increasingly global pool -- reasonable odds for winning the Nobel Prize?

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The Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature 2011 Is...

Posted 12.06.2011

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A cheer went up in the Swedish Academy as they announced that, for the first time since 1974, one of their fellow countrymen had been awarded the Nobe...

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Announcement Of The Nobel Prize For Literature 2011 (LIVE UPDATES)

Posted 12.06.2011

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Who will win? Who do you want to win? Why does everyone care so much? Follow our coverage here, and let us know your thoughts in the comments! You can...

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13 Songs Bob Dylan Will Sing When He Doesn't Win The Nobel Prize

Posted 12.05.2011

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The day before the official announcement, Bob Dylan was installed as UK betting company Ladbrokes' favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ...

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Who Is This Nobel Prize Frontrunner?

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.04.2011

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While a number of American dark horses appear on potential contenders for this year's Nobel Prize For Literature list, from DeLillo to Bob Dylan, the ...

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Nobel Literature Jurors Accused Of Prize Biases

AP | By IAN MacDOUGALL | Posted 06.14.2011

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Swedish panel that awards the Nobel Prize for Literature isn't biased toward European writers or against American writers, a m...

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WATCH: A Rare Look At Soviet-Era Political Cartoons

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

Using rarely seen footage from the Russian State Film Archives, documentarian Kevin McNeer has produced a fascinating documentary about the late Soviet political cartoonist and propaganda artist Boris Efimov.

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Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison: Remembering The Author On Her Special Day

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today is Toni Morrison's 80th birthday. Born in Ohio, educated at Howard University and Cornell, Morrison's writing career started in earnest with her...

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Reading Naguib Mahfouz to Honor the People of Egypt

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nina Sankovitch

The Egypt we hope for now -- a new era of democracy and opportunity -- is one Mahfouz long dreamed of for his beloved country and would have been proud to chronicle in a new novel that he might have entitled Tahrir Square.

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A Pearl: My Family's Life in China

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Matlack

Tom Matlack celebrates the remarkable life of his great-aunt, Pearl Buck, the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Mario Vargas Llosa on the End of the Incan Empire at the Americas Society

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Vargas Llosa speaks about Barack Obama's Nobel Prize, the state of literature, inter-American relations and politics.

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