Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature to Patrick Modiano, presented by Professor Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 9 October 2014.

Interview

Following the announcement, Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, was interviewed by freelance journalist Sven Hugo Persson about the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature to Patrick Modiano.

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MLA style: Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Sat. 23 Oct 2021. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2014/prize-announcement/>

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