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Nobel Prize Talks: Alice Munro Released 2013-12-05 “Bewildering but very pleasant.” Meet Alice Munro in a talk about being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, happiness and melancholy, the intense relationship she has with her stories, and how writing and life is intertwined. Interview transcript [Adam Smith] Hello, Adam Smith. [Alice Munro]…

Interview, May 2014 Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa during his visit to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 23 May 2014. Mario Vargas Llosa about his influences. Mario Vargas Llosa on his Peruvian roots. Mario Vargas Llosa on his childhood dreams. Mario Vargas Llosa on the role of literature. Mario…

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Born in Springs, South Africa, 20/11/1923. Daughter of Isidore and Nan Gordimer. Has lived all her life, and continues to live, in South Africa. Principal works: 10 novels, including A Guest of Honour, The Conservationist, Burger’s Daughter, July’s People, A Sport of Nature, My Son’s Story and her most recent, None to Accompany Me. 10…

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English translation of the interview with Mo Yan, 6 December 2012. The interviewer is YuSie Rundkvist Chou. The interview was made in Chinese, here transcribed by Svensk Medietext AB. Mr Mo Yan, I’d like to congratulate you to the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. First of all, I’d like to ask you… You were born…

(pdf) The interview was translated by Liu Pu Zheng. Interview translation [Yan Shuang Lindblom] Firstly, congratulations … what was your feeling when you received the news of being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature? [Mo Yan] I feel so surprised … when I heard this, because I considered the…