Chinese, Caribbean Women Among Contenders for Nobel Literature Prize
Bookmakers favor Can Xue as critics predict the academy may choose a woman or non-Western author to rebalance the prize's history.
- On Oct 8, the 18-member Swedish Academy will reveal the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize. Critics suggest the institution may select a Chinese or Caribbean woman to address long-standing concerns regarding the prize's diversity.
- The Academy has faced criticism for the over-representation of Western male authors, with only 18 women among the 122 laureates since 1901. A 2018 sex assault scandal previously left the organization in tatters, resulting in the replacement of more than half its members.
- Speculation regarding potential winners includes Jamaica Kincaid, Jenny Erpenbeck, and Samanta Schweblin. Victor Malm, culture critic at Swedish daily Expressen, told AFP Kincaid has been mentioned for a long time, while others suggest a Spanish-language author from Latin America is due.
- After honoring Laszlo Krasznahorkai in 2025, Bjorn Wiman, culture editor at Dagens Nyheter, argued the committee should "distance itself a bit" from honoring writers from Central Europe. The winner receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a $1.2 million cheque.
- With no public shortlist and deliberations sealed for 50 years, Stockholm's literary circles engage in frantic guessing. The suspense concludes Thursday at 1pm when the committee finally reveals its choice for the prestigious award.
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Chinese, Caribbean women among contenders for Nobel literature prize
This year’s Nobel literature prize could go to a Chinese or a Caribbean woman when it is awarded later this week, literary critics say, in a bid to diversify an award that has most often gone to Western male authors.There is no public shortlist for the Nobel, and with the deliberations of the Swedish Academy...
Who will add to the list of winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature this year? On October 8, it will be revealed who will go to one of the most prestigious book awards in the world. While the Swedish Academy keeps its decision a secret, the portal LRT.lt asked experts to share their predictions.
For pole bookmakers also Ghosh and Murakami. The announcement on October 8 (ANSA)
1. Can Xue (China, 1952) Narrative. Daughter and victim of Mao's Cultural Revolution, his response to trauma consisted of a work made up of almost mystical accounts, in dialogue...
It will be this Thursday when the Swedish Academy announces the successor of Hungarian László Krasznahorkai
Copenhagen, Oct. 7 (EFE).- Chinese Can Xue, Australian Gerald Murnane, Hispanic authors such as Mexican Cristina Rivera Garza and Spanish Enrique Vila-Matas, as well as several American storytellers sound in the quinielas for the Nobel Prize in Literature, whose winner will unveil on Thursday the Swedish Academy. Can Xue and Murnane are located very high [...] The entry Can Xue, Murnane and Hispanic and American authors sound for the Nobel in Li…
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