Nobel Prize

Yasunari Kawabata, son of a highly-cultivated physician, was born in 1899 in Osaka. After the early death of his parents he was raised in the country by his maternal grandfather and attended the Japanese public school. From 1920 to 1924, Kawabata studied at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he received his degree. He was one…

Camilo José Cela Trulock was born on 11 May, 1916, in Iria Flavia, district of Padron, province of la Coruña. Principal works: Poetry: Pisando la dudosa luz del dia (1956; 1st ed. 1945). Novels: La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942), Pabellón de reposo (1943), Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes (1944), La colmena…

  Works in Czech Mesto v slzach, 1921 Sama laska, 1923 Na vlnach T.S.F., 1925. – Revised and published as Svatební cesta, 1938 Slavik zpiva spatne, 1926 Hvezdy nad Rajskou zahradou, 1929 Postovni holub, 1929 Jablko z klina, 1933 Ruce Venusiny, 1936 Zpivano do rotacky, 1936 Jaro, sbohem, 1937 Osm dni, 1937 Zhasnete svetla, 1938…

Swedish Harold Pinter föddes den 10 oktober 1930 i Hackney i London som son till en judisk damskräddare. Pinter fick under sin uppväxt uppleva antisemitiska stämningar, något som han själv framhållit som betydelsefullt för hans utveckling till dramatiker. Vid andra världskrigets utbrott evakuerades han som nioåring från London och återvände vid tolv års ålder. Han…

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Presentation Speech by Anders Österling, Permanent Secretary of the French literature is no longer linked geographically to the frontiers of France in Europe. In many respects it reminds one of a garden plant, noble and irreplaceable, which when cultivated outside its territory still retains its distinctive character, although tradition and variation alternately influence it. The…

Swedish Academy The Permanent Secretary Press release October 19, 1989 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1989 Camilo José Cela This year’s Nobel Prize for literature goes to the Spanish writer Camilo José Cela. With him is rewarded the leading figure in Spain’s literary renewal during the postwar era. The background of Cela’s experience is the…

  Presentation Speech by Professor Knut Ahnlund, of the December 10, 1989 Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Camilo José Cela has written upwards of a hundred books, a veritable library in itself, filled with the most astounding contrasts, popular, crudely humorous tales side by side with some…

French Notice biobibliographique Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio est né le 13 avril 1940 à Nice, mais ses deux parents avaient de fortes attaches familiales avec l’île Maurice, ancienne colonie française, conquise par les britanniques en 1810. À l’âge de 8 ans Le Clézio part avec le reste de sa famille habiter au Nigéria, où le…

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