Nobel Prize

Announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature to Kazuo Ishiguro, presented by Professor Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 5 October 2017. Interview about the awarded work Following the announcement, Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, was interviewed by journalist Elise Karlsson about the 2017…

Spanish Kazuo Ishiguro nació el 8 noviembre den 1954 en Nagasaki, Japón. Su familia se mudó a Gran Bretaña cuando él tenía cinco años e Ishiguro no volvió a visitar su país natal hasta edad adulta. A finales de 1970 se licenció en inglés y filosofía en la Universidad de Kent, luego estudió escritura creativa…

English Kazuo Ishiguro was born on November 8, 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan. The family moved to the United Kingdom when he was five years old; he returned to visit his country of birth only as an adult. In the late 1970s, Ishiguro graduated in English and Philosophy at the University of Kent, and then went…

German Kazuo Ishiguro wurde am 8. November 1954 in Nagasaki (Japan) geboren. Die Familie siedelte nach Groβbritannien um, als er fünf Jahre alt war, und erst als Erwachsener besuchte er erneut das Land seiner Geburt. Ende der 1970er Jahre legte er Examina in Englisch und Philosophie an der Universität Kent ab, woraufhin er Kreatives Schreiben…

French Le 7 décembre 2017 Ma soirée du XXe siècle – et autres petites incursions Si vous m’aviez croisé à l’automne 1979, vous auriez sans doute eu quelques difficultés à définir mon milieu social ou même, mes origines. J’étais alors âgé de 24 ans. J’avais les traits d’un Japonais, mais au contraire de la plupart…

Read an excerpt from a book written by a Nobel Prize laureate in literature. Or choose a poem from an array of poetry excerpts. Pick a title! Prose Excerpts from Human Acts by Han Kang, Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2024 Excerpt from The Other Name. Septology I-II by Jon Fosse, Nobel Prize laureate in…

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The Nobel Prize laureates are required “to give a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded according to the Nobel Foundation statutes. The lecture should be given before, or no later than six months after, the Nobel Prize award ceremony, which takes place in Stockholm or, in…

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