Nobel Prize

Prize awarder for the Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy is responsible for choosing the Nobel Prize laureates in literature. By the terms of  the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded by the Swedish Academy since 1901. The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by Swedish King Gustav III. The Academy is composed…

Nominations made by Nobel Prize laureates in literature (1901-1950) All information concerning the nominations and selections of the Nobel Prize laureates is kept a secret for 50 years. That is why we only published information about the first 50 Nobel Prizes in Literature so far. Within the time period (1901-1950) 19 of the 45 Nobel…

The number of nominations presented here are the total number of nominations that particular year – not the number of suggested individuals, nor the number of approved nominations the particular Nobel Laureate received that year. All information concerning the nominations and selections of the Nobel Laureates is kept secret for 50 years, that’s why we have only…

Nominations to the Nobel Prize in Literature can be made by qualified persons only. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later. Process of nomination and selection The  sends invitation letters to persons who are qualified to nominate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Qualified nominators…

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As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1954, the speech was read by John M. Cabot, United States Ambassador to Sweden «Having no facility for speech-making and no command of oratory nor any domination of rhetoric, I wish to thank the administrators…

Interview, December 2017 https://youtu.be/0BcJCybfdKg Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2017, on 6 December 2017 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Kazuo Ishiguro answers the following questions (the links below lead to clips on YouTube): What does the Nobel Prize mean to you? How do you feel about being a role model?…

Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up in the city of Hibbing. As a teenager, he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. One of his idols was the folk singer Woody Guthrie.…

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