Literature
Press release
Press release
English The Permanent Secretary Press release 12 October 2000 The Nobel Prize for Literature 2000 Gao Xingjian The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2000 goes to the Chinese writer Gao Xingjian “for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama”. In the…
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Prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2005 – Communiqué de presse
Press release
French Le secrétaire perpétuel Communiqué de presse Le 13 octobre 2005 Prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2005 Harold Pinter Le prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2005 est attribué à l’écrivain anglais Harold Pinter « qui dans ses drames découvre l’abîme sous les bavardages et se force un passage dans la pièce close de…
moreIsaac Bashevis Singer – Biographical
Biographical
In one of his more light-hearted books, Isaac Bashevis Singer depicts his childhood in one of the over-populated poor quarters of Warsaw, a Jewish quarter, just before and during the First World War. The book, called In My Father’s Court (1966), is sustained by a redeeming, melancholy sense of humour and a clear-sightedness free of…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Mrs Birgitta Trotzig, Writer, Member of the Translation of the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, How are we to live after the adulteration, demise, and disintegration of the great utopias? – we ask ourselves now, looking toward the year 2000. How are we to live after the…
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