Nobel Prize

Professor Anders Olsson delivering the presentation speech for the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2023. English Presentation Speech by Professor Anders Olsson, Member of the , Chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, 10 December 2023. Your Majesties, Esteemed Nobel Prize Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, To enter the world…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Anders Olsson, ledamot av ordförande i Nobelkommittén för litteratur, 10 december 2023. Eders Majestäter, Ärade pristagare, Mina Damer och Herrar, Att träda in i Jon Fosses värld är att komma till en trakt av största oro och beslutsvånda. Hans rika författarskap kretsar kring den enskilda människans vilsenhet och svårigheter att finna…

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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…