Literature
Toni Morrison – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Toni Morrison delivering her speech. © Nobel Foundation. Photo: Boo Jonsson Toni Morrison’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1993 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I entered this hall pleasantly haunted by those who have entered it before me. That company of Laureates is both daunting and welcoming, for among its…
moreSaul Bellow – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Saul Bellow’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1976 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, There are not many things on which the world agrees but everyone I think acknowledges the importance of a Nobel Prize. I myself take most seriously the Nobel Committee’s recognition of the highest excellence in several fields…
moreSaul Bellow – Prose
Prose
Excerpt from Herzog If I am out of my mind, it’s all right with me, thought Moses Herzog. Some people thought he was cracked and for a time he himself had doubted that he was all there. But now, though he still behaved oddly, he felt confident, cheerful, clairvoyant, and strong. He had fallen under…
moreSaul Bellow – Bibliography
Bibliography
Original Dangling Man. – New York: Vanguard, 1944 The Victim. – New York: Vanguard, 1947 The Adventures of Augie March: a novel. – New York: Viking, 1953 Seize the Day. – New York: Viking, 1956 Henderson the Rain King. – New York: Viking, 1959 Herzog. – New York: Viking, 1964 The Last Analysis: a play.…
moreSaul Bellow – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Bob Dylan – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Nobel Banquet speech, 10 December 2016 Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight. I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in…
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