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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026 – as it happened

Swedish Academy says Carson selected for her ‘bold and inventive oeuvre’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

Anne Carson and Can Xue favourites to win Nobel prize in literature

The Canadian poet and Chinese experiment writer are the bookmakers’ favourites to win, with Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane and Margaret Atwood also in the mix

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Nobel prize in literature 2025 as it happened: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

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Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai are joint favourites to win 2025 Nobel prize in literature

The Chinese and Hungarian writers are tied with odds of 10/1 – while Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also in the running

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel prize in literature – as it happened

Author, known for her acclaimed work The Vegetarian, honoured for her ‘intense prose that confronts historical traumas’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

Nobel Literature Jury May Go For Non-Western Writer

The Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on Thursday has mainly gone to Western writers over the years, though this year the Swedish Academy may shine its spotlight further afield, experts say.

International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024

Chinese author Can Xue is favourite to win 2024 Nobel prize in literature

With odds of 10/1, the author of Love in the New Millennium, who was also the favourite last year, leads a pack that includes Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2024

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Nobel prize in literature 2023 won by Norwegian author Jon Fosse – as it happened

Fosse honoured by Nobel committee ‘for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

Chinese author Can Xue favourite to win 2023 Nobel prize in literature

Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also among those highly tipped for the prize, announced on Thursday

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

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