Literature

Nobel Prize lecture

Swedish Konst, sanning & politik 1958 skrev jag följande rader: ”Det finns inga skarpa gränser mellan verkligt och overkligt, inte heller mellan sant och osant. Någonting är inte nödvändigtvis endera sant eller inte sant; det kan vara både sant och inte sant.” Jag tror att de här påståendena fortfarande håller och än i dag kan…

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Bibliography

Works in English 1. Plays (year of writing; year of publication; year of first performance) The Room (1957). – in The Birthday Party, and Other Plays. – London : Methuen, 1960. – (Bristol, 1957) The Birthday Party (1957). – in The Birthday Party, and Other Plays. – London : Methuen, 1960. – (Arts Theatre, Cambridge,…

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Nobel Prize lecture

French Art, vérité & politique En 1958 j’ai écrit la chose suivante : « Il n’y a pas de distinctions tranchées entre ce qui est réel et ce qui est irréel, entre ce qui est vrai et ce qui est faux. Une chose n’est pas nécessairement vraie ou fausse ; elle peut être tout à la…

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Works in German Lisas Schatten : [Gedichte]. – München : Relief-Verlag Eilers, 1967. – (Der Viergroschenbogen; 76) wir sind lockvögel baby! : [Roman]. – Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, 1970 Michael : ein Jugendbuch für die Infantilgesellschaft. – Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, 1972 Die Liebhaberinnen : [Roman]. – Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, 1975…

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Prose

Excerpts from Disgrace (Pages 111-112 and 183-184) As gently as he can, he offers his question again. ‘Lucy, my dearest, why don’t you want to tell? It was a crime. There is no shame in being the object of a crime. You did not choose to be the object. You are an innocent party.’ Sitting…

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Nobel Prize lecture

English 7 December, 2003 He and His Man But to return to my new companion. I was greatly delighted with him, and made it my business to teach him everything that was proper to make him useful, handy, and helpful; but especially to make him speak, and understand me…

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