Nobel Prize

(pdf) The interview was translated by Liu Pu Zheng. Interview translation [Yan Shuang Lindblom] Firstly, congratulations … what was your feeling when you received the news of being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature? [Mo Yan] I feel so surprised … when I heard this, because I considered the…

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Transcript from an interview with Mario Vargas Llosa during his visit to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on 23 May 2014. Who has most inspired you as a writer? Mario Vargas Llosa: I had of course the models of great writers and many … very important for me was the case of Flaubert for example.…

German “Die Sprache hat andere Augen” Transcript of the telephone interview with Herta Müller immediately following the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, 8 October 2009. The interview was recorded minutes after the announcement and conducted in Müller’s native German. The interviewer is freelance journalist Marika Griehsel. [Herta Müller] Hallo … [Marika Griehsel]…

Interview transcript English [Herta Müller] Hello … [Marika Griehsel] Ms. Müller, congratulations. My name is Marika Griehsel and I am calling from the Nobel Foundation’s website offices. Again, our warmest congratulations… [HM] Thank you. [MG] You write in German, and you once said that writing is very important to…

Interview transcript [Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio] Yes, Le Clézio speaking. [Adam Smith] Oh hello, my name is Adam Smith and I’m calling from the Nobel Foundation web site in Stockholm. [J-MGLC] Yes. [AS] And, would you mind if we spoke just for five minutes on the…

Interview transcript [Thomas Sargent] Hello? [Adam Smith] Hello. May I speak to Thomas Sargent, please? [TS] Yeah, this is Sargent. [AS] Oh, hello, my name is Adam Smith, and I’m calling from Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. Congratulations on the news…

Interview transcript [Christopher Sims] Hello? [Adam Smith] Hello. May I speak to Christopher Sims, please? [CS] This is he. [AS] Oh, hello, this is Adam Smith calling from Nobelprize.org. [CS] I’m sorry I didn’t answer your previous calls but there were so many that I just…

Interview transcript [Adam Smith] Professor Mortensen, hello. This is Adam Smith, calling from the Nobel Prize website in Stockholm. [Dale T. Mortensen] Ok, you do call! I had just heard from what happens … [AS] Right, yeah! I’m glad it’s all working as it should. Grand,…

Interview transcript [Peter Diamond] Hello? [Adam Smith] Hello, Professor Diamond, this is Adam Smith calling from the Nobel Prize website in Stockholm. [PD] Mm hmm. [AS] My congratulations on the award of the Prize. [PD] Thank you. [AS] So, may I start by asking where you…