Literature

Press release

Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 7 oktober 2010 Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa Nobelpriset i litteraturår 2010 tilldelas den peruanske författaren Mario Vargas Llosa ”för hans kartläggning avmaktens strukturer och knivskarpa bilder av individens motstånd, revolt ochnederlag”.

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Bio-bibliography

Turkish Orhan Pamuk, 7 Haziran 1952’de İstanbul’da laik, varlıklı orta sınıf bir ailenin çocuğu olarak doğdu. Babası da, dedesi ve amcası gibi yüksek mühendisti. Aile servetinin temelini dedesi atmıştı. Pamuk, yetişkinlik çağlarında ressam olmak istiyordu. Lise diplomasını Robert Koleji’nden aldı ve daha sonra İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi’nde mimarlık, İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde gazetecilik okudu. 1985 – 1988 arası…

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Banquet speech

Luigi Pirandello’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1934 (Translation) I take deep satisfaction in expressing my respectful gratitude to Your Majesties for having graciously honoured this banquet with your presence. May I be permitted to add the expression of my deep gratitude for the kind welcome I…

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Biographical

José de Echegaray (1833-1916), son of a professor of Greek, was born in Madrid. He went to an engineering school, studied economics, and had a distinguished career in the Spanish Government. He was successively Minister of Public Works and Finance Minister. At the height of his career he turned to the stage, a passion that…

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Award ceremony speech

  Presentation Speech by Dr. Karl Ragnar Gierow, of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel prizewinner in literature, Vicente Aleixandre, is hard to understand and in one way controversial. The latter may be due to the former. For even his devoted admirers offer varying…

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