Thursday, October 10, 2019

The Announcement of The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 and 2019

The Nobel prize in Literature for 2018 goes to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.
From Nobel Prize website:  "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."
Photo from Swedish Academy
The nobel Prize in Literature for 2019 is awarded to Peter Handke, Austrian author. 
From Nobel Prize website: "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

If you want more information about the Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature, you can find more information in this link https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/

Photos from the Announcement
Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary in the Swedish Academy
Anders Olsson, (Chair of the Nobel Committee), Per Wästberg (Author and literary critic), Rebecka Kärde (Literary critic), Mikaela Blomqvist (Literary and drama critic) and Henrik Petersen (Critic, translator adn editor)
Anders OlssonChair of the Nobel Committee
Anders Olsson (Chair of the Nobel Committee) and Per Wästeberg (Author and Literary critic)
Rebecka Kärde and Mikaela Blomqgvist
Henrik Petersen


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