Nobel Prize

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm (the Stockholm Concert Hall) in Sweden on 10 December 2022.

Check out the answers to the game here. Derek Walcott wrote A far cry from Africa T.S. Eliot wrote The hollow men Wisława Szymborska wrote The three oddest words Pablo Neruda wrote Canto General Louise Glück wrote Snowdrops Rabindranath Tagore wrote Where the mind is without fear Want to try another game? Image creditsLouise Glück:…

Can you pair the correct poem with the Nobel Prize awarded poet? Drag the poem title to the empty square under the laureate to pair them, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want to try another game? Image credits Louise…

Can you pair the correct book title with the Nobel Prize awarded woman? Drag the book title to the empty square under the laureate to pair them, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some extra help below the game. Want to try another game? Image credits…

German Nelly Sachs’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 Eure Majestät, Eure Königliche Hoheiten, meine verehrten Zuhörer: Im Sommer 1939 reiste meine deutsche Freundin nach Schweden, um aufzusuchen und um ihre Hilfe zu bitten, eine Freistatt für meine Mutter und mich in Schweden zu erwirken. Ich hatte…

Spanish Pablo Neruda’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Altezas, Señoras y Señores, Venimos de muy lejos, de fuera o de dentro de nosotros mismos, de idiomas contrapuestos, de países que se aman. Aquí nos encontramos, en Estocolmo, en esta noche central del mundo. Hemos llegado de…

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Watch a video clip of the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, Annie Ernaux, receiving her Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2022.

Annie Ernaux’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022. Vos Majestés Vos Altesses Royales Excellences Chers Lauréats Mesdames et Messieurs J’avais 17 ans, en 1957, quand j’ai appris à la radio qu’ avait reçu le prix Nobel de littérature à Stockholm. Je découvrais avec un mélange de fierté et de bonheur que l’auteur…