Prize announcement
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 in Literature to László Krasznahorkai.
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and international law.
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