Nobel Prize

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From left: Chemistry laureate Vincent du Vigneaud, physics laureates Willis E. Lamb and Polykarp Kusch, medicine laureate Hugo Theorell and literature laureate Halldór Laxness having a look at their diplomas after the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 1955.

From left: Physics laureate Emilio Segrè, medicine laureate Severo Ochoa and literature laureate Salvatore Quasimodo during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1959.

A Silent Language Jon Fosse delivered his Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2023 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. He was introduced by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. English © THE NOBEL FOUNDATION 2023General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language after December 7, 2023,…

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. Swedish Utdrag ur Det andra namnet. Septologin I-II Och jag ser mig stå och se på bilden med de två strecken, ett lila…

Nobel Prize Conversations “It’s the insight, the work, the way you give yourself to the story that matters” Listen to a heartwarming conversation with Canadian ’master of short stories’ and literature laureate Alice Munro. This conversation between the Nobel Prize’s Adam Smith and Munro took place soon after she was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize…

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. Norwegian Ekstrakt fra Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II Og eg ser meg stå og sjå mot biletet med dei to strekane, ein lilla og…

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. English Excerpt from The Other Name. Septology I-II And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that…

Want to get started with 2023 literature laureate , but don’t know which book to pick up first? We spoke to Anders Olsson, Chairman of the The Nobel Committee for Literature who gave us three of his Fosse favourites. Stengd gitar My first choice is Fosse’s second novel Stengd gitar (1985), which presents us with…

Interview, December 2023 Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Jon Fosse, recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Jon Fosse answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): How did your writing career start? What inspired you to start writing? How…