Nobel Prize

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in literature László Krasznahorkai on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.   Could you describe the environment in Hungary when you were growing up?  László Krasznahorkai: It was a small town and remain a small town also today. I was born there, and I lived there…

Interview with 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Annie Ernaux, recorded in Stockholm on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the English translation of the interview. Tell us about your childhood Annie Ernaux: I had a childhood deeply influenced by reading. As far back as I can remember, as soon…

Svetlana Alexievich in 2025. Svetlana Alexievich: ‘I’m not a supporter now of revolution’ This article was published in March 2026. The day after the 2020 election that ushered in the Belarusian president’s sixth consecutive term in office, Svetlana Alexievich remembers seeing “hundreds of thousands of people” marching past her apartment in Minsk. “I thought they…

Annie Ernaux in her book-filled home in Cergy, outside Paris, 2025. Annie Ernaux: ‘Women who died from illegal abortions deserve a monument’ This article was published in March 2026. “Every moment of that abortion was a surprise to me,” says Annie Ernaux. The French Nobel Prize laureate in literature is talking about a backstreet abortion…

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of László Krasznahorkai receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Interview with the 2024 literature laureate Han Kang, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What influence did your family have on your interest in writing?  Han Kang: My father is a writer as well. The most important thing was I could grow up with the books because my house was…

László Krasznahorkai’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2025 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies andGentlemen, I wish to thank the Swedish Academy, and the Nobel Foundation! Thank you! I thank all of my publishers and translators, I thank the building of the Swedish Academy and the dear light falling…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Anders OlssonLedamot av Svenska AkademienOrdförande för Svenska Akademiens Nobelkommitté Eders Majestäter, ärade Nobelpristagare,mina damer och herrar! Med årets litteraturpris till den ungerske författaren belönas en sällsam urkraft i samtidens litteratur. Redan med sitt debutverk Satantango från 1985 väckte han sensation. Med stark suggestion skildras en grupp uppgivna själar på ett övergivet…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, 10 December 2025

English Presentation speech by Professor Anders OlssonMember of the Swedish AcademyChair of the Nobel Committee for Literature Your Majesties, Dear Nobel Prize Laureates,Ladies and Gentlemen! This year’s award of the literature prize to Hungarian author recognises a rare force in contemporary literature. His debut work from 1985, Satantango, created a sensation. In it he portrays,…