Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature to Tomas Tranströmer, presented by Professor Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 6 October 2011.
Immediately following the announcement, Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, shared with freelance journalist Sven Hugo Persson some background on Swedish poet and 2011 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Tomas Tranströmer. Englund described ‘who he is’, explained some of themes that underscore his work and highlighted which English translations are ‘pure gold’.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
See them all presented here.
