Nobel Prize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4osurAgmjQ Announcement of the Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 10 October 2019.

Interview, December 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-WKofYuJGM Interview with Literature Laureate Olga Tokarczuk on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Olga Tokarczuk answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – Your parents were both teachers. How did that influence you? – Did you enjoy school? – What did you…

English Biobibliography Olga Tokarczuk was born 1962 in Sulechów in Poland, and lives in Wrocław. Her parents were teachers and her father also functioned as school librarian. In the library she read pretty much everything she could get hold of and it was here that she developed her literary appetite. After studies in psychology at…

Swedish Biobibliografi Olga Tokarczuk är född 1962 i Sulechów i Polen, och är idag bosatt i Wrocław. Hennes föräldrar var lärare och fadern var även skolans bibliotekarie. I biblioteket läste hon allt hon kom över och utvecklade sin litterära aptit. Hösten 1980 skrev hon in sig vid universitetet i Warszawa, där hon studerade psykologi med…

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Swedish Ständiga sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 10 oktober 2019   Nobelprisen i litteratur för år 2018 och 2019 2018 års pris tilldelas den polska författaren Olga Tokarczuk “för en berättarkonst som med encyklopedisk lust gestaltar gränsöverskridandet som livsform.”   2019 års pris tilldelas den österrikiske författaren Peter Handke “för ett inflytelserikt författarskap som med stor språkkonst har…

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 10 October 2019 The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019 The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”   The Nobel Prize…

Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, 10 December https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGwqTbGG230 Dessert Parade A sparkling dessert arrives to the music of Mikael Karlsson, performed by the Royal Swedish Orchestra, conducted by James Grossmith.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHiUD0IxGY Anna von Hausswolff performs “Amends” Anna von Hausswolff performs “Amends” live at the Nobel Banquet. Music by Mikael Karlsson and Anna von Hausswolff. The…

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https://youtu.be/svtY_XKKMXM William D. Nordhaus’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Ers Majestäter, Ers Kungliga Högheter, Excellenser, Kära pristagare, Mina damer och herrar, Våra barn, Våra barnbarn. The 2018 citation for economic sciences highlights “the causes and consequences of technological innovation and climate change.” The science of climate change was founded in 1896, the…