Nobel Prize

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize by Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 10 October 2025. Production by NRK. Interview about the awarded work “We want to send a message to all authoritarian leaders: choose ballots, not bullets” Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee was interviewed by…

Norwegian Begrunnelse, Nobels fredspris 2025 10. oktober 2025 Nobels fredspris for 2025 går til et modig, prinsippfast og fredssøkende menneske – til en kvinne som holder demokratiets flamme brennende i et tiltagende mørke. har bestemt at Nobels fredspris for 2025 skal tildeles Maria Corina Machado. Hun får prisen for sitt utrettelige arbeid for å sikre…

English Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2025 10 October 2025 The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace – to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness. has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado. She is…

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Curious about 2025 literature laureate  but unsure which of his books to pick up first? Here members of the Swedish Academy give their recommendations. Satantango (1985) Steve Sem-Sandberg: Satantango is a debut novel unlike any other. Published in 1985 it predicted the downfall of the communist regime in Hungary four years later. Set on the plains…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “I’m very proud to be in the line of some really great writers and poets.” In this interview, new literature laureate László Krasznahorkai shares his happiness about his Nobel Prize, which came as a surprise. Krasznahorkai speaks about how bitterness is an important driver for him, and also highlights…

2025 literature laureate László Krasznahorkai signing a chair at the Nobel Prize Museum. Portrait of László Krasznahorkai. László Krasznahorkai at the 2012 Budapest Book Festival. László Krasznahorkai, 1990.

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “This is the mind of the researcher in Japan, don’t switch off the light, even at night.” In this short conversation recorded the day after the announcement of his Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Susumu Kitagawa about his approach to tackling grand challenges, and how to keep a lookout for…

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 9 October 2025. Interview about the awarded work “As a debut novel, it is magnificent” Following the announcement, Steve Sem-Sandberg, member of the Nobel Committee for Literature, was interviewed by Carin Klaesson about the 2025 Nobel Prize…