Nobel Prize

English Dario Fo’s speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1997 (Translation) Even though I don’t hold a glass in my hand, I’d like to raise a toast to a great Queen, a Queen of your past: Kristina. Kristina arrived in Italy in the late 17th century. As someone already mentioned, she came…

Excerpt from Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo English The Birth of the Jongleur from Mistero Buffo (1969) Kind people, gather round and listen. The jongleur is here! I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited…

Artist: Gunnar Brusewitz Calligrapher: Kerstin Anckers

English Pablo Neruda’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 (Translation) Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, We come from far away, from that which is behind us and within us, from different languages, from countries that love one another. Here we are assembled in Stockholm, which this…

Spanish Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1971 Hacia la ciudad espléndida Mi discurso será una larga travesía, un viaje mío por regiones lejanas y antípodas, no por eso menos semejantes al paisaje y a las soledades del norte. Hablo del extremo sur de mi país. Tanto y tanto nos alejamos los chilenos hasta tocar con nuestros…

English Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1971 (Translation) Towards the Splendid City My speech is going to be a long journey, a trip that I have taken through regions that are distant and antipodean, but not for that reason any less similar to the landscape and the solitude in Scandinavia. I refer to the way in…

English Swedish Academy The Permanent Secretary Press release October 3, 1996 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 Wislawa Szymborska “for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality” The Polish poet and critic Wislawa Szymborska is 73 years old and lives in Cracow.…

German Die Schwedische Akademie Der Ständige Sekretär Pressemitteilung 3. Oktober 1996 Der Nobelpreis für Literatur 1996 Wislawa Szymborska “für eine Poesie, die mit ironischer Präzision den historischen und biologischen Zusammenhang in Fragmenten menschlicher Wirklichkeit hervortreten läßt” Die polnische Poetin und Kritikerin Wislawa Szymborska ist 73 Jahre alt und wohnt in Krakau. Seit 1957 – als…

Swedish Svenska Akademien Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 3 oktober 1996 Nobelpriset i litteratur 1996 Wislawa Szymborska “för en poesi som med ironisk precision låter det historiska och biologiska sammanhanget träda fram i fragment av mänsklig verklighet” Den polska poeten och kritikern Wislawa Szymborska [sjymbår’ska] är 73 år gammal och bosatt i Krakow. Sedan 1957 – då…

French Académie Suédoise Le secrétaire perpétuel Communiqué de presse 3 octobre 1996 Prix Nobel de littérature 1996 Wislawa Szymborska « pour une poésie qui, avec une précision ironique, permet au contexte historique et biologique de se manifester en fragments de vérité humaine » Le poète et critique polonais Wislawa Szymborska a 73 ans et habite…