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Swedish Academy The Permanent Secretary Press release The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 With his very first collection of poems, Ossi di seppia (Bones of the Cuttlefish, 1925), the then 29-year-old Eugenio Montale was ready to uphold his place in Italian poetry. As his work gradually became known outside his own country, he staked the…

Swedish Bio-bibliografi 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.…

Spanish Tomas Tranströmer nació el 15 de abril de 1931 en Estocolmo. Sus padres, Helmy y Gösta Tranströmer, eran maestra de escuela y redactor respectivamente. Tras terminar el bachillerato en 1950 en el centro de enseñanza secundaria Södra Latin, comenzó sus estudios en historia de la literatura, psicología e historia de las religiones en la…

Spanish Secretario permanente Nota de prensa 9 de octubre del 2008 El premio Nobel de literatura 2008 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio El premio Nobel de literatura 2008 ha sido otorgado al escritor francés Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio ”el escritor de la ruptura, de la aventura poética y de la sensualidad extasiada, investigador de una humanidad…

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910) was the son of a Norwegian pastor. At school in Christiania (Oslo) Ibsen was one of his fellow students. Bjørnson participated early in the movement for a national Norwegian theatre and wrote some poetic plays which he did not publish. While a student, he became a literary critic for the Morgenbladet in…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet December 10, 1984, the speech was given by his daughter Jana Seifertová (in French) Vos Majestés, Vos Altesses Royales, Mesdames et Messieurs, Ce que mon père à écrit, il l’a toujours écrit sans grandes prétentions. Seule, la spontanéité l’a toujours poussé; il n’a…