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On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

Secrets, Arrogance, and Weapons of War in the World-Peace Capital

By Unni Turrettini | December 3, 2020

Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Louise Glück has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

By Jonny Diamond | October 8, 2020

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2020

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2020

When a Swedish poet tried to sabotage Samuel Beckett.

When a Swedish poet tried to sabotage Samuel Beckett.

By Dan Sheehan | January 17, 2020

Kosovo declares Peter Handke

Kosovo declares Peter Handke "persona non grata" as Nobel controversy continues.

By Corinne Segal | December 12, 2019

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How does the Nobel Prize affect book sales? (And what if there's controversy?)

By Aaron Robertson | December 11, 2019

Ignoble: On the Trail of Peter Handke’s Bosnian Illusions

By John Erik Riley | December 9, 2019

“I prefer toilet paper to your empty and ignorant questions.” The Peter Handke drama rolls on.

By Dan Sheehan | December 6, 2019

Two of the people brought in to clean up the Nobel committee’s act have quit in frustration.

Two of the people brought in to clean up the Nobel committee’s act have quit in frustration.

By Jonny Diamond | December 2, 2019

Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman

Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman

Flights">The Newly Minted Laureate and Author of Flights

By John Freeman | October 10, 2019

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters

Billy Kahora on a Global Literary Icon

By Billy Kahora | October 9, 2019

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Mieko Kawakami Considers the Work of One of the World's Great Novelists

By Mieko Kawakami | October 3, 2019

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.

By Dan Sheehan | September 30, 2019

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Writing of Jon Fosse

for Nobel Season">Thoughts on One of Norway's Great Writers, Just in Time
for Nobel Season

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | September 30, 2019

Counting Down the Top Literary Stories of 2018: 5 to 1

Counting Down the Top Literary Stories of 2018: 5 to 1

The Ongoing Cascade of the #MeToo Movement

By Literary Hub | December 21, 2018

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