President Donald Trump touts his efforts in Ukraine and other conflicts as reasons to give him the prize, received by four ...

The literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers of style-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been male-dominated — Han is only the ...

Last year's prize winner, Tanzanian-born, U.K.-based writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, was only the sixth Nobel literature laureate born in Africa.

Ernaux was just the 17th woman among the 119 Nobel literature laureates. The literature prize has long faced criticism that it is too focused on European and North American writers, as well as too ...

The standard joke about the Nobel Prize in Literature is that it’s a prize for Estonian poets. There’s an insecurity underlying this joke—no one likes an annual reminder that they’re not ...

Born in the former Yugoslavia, her work often comments on nationalism in Europe, although “Have a Nice Day” is a 241-page take on American life. Who Will Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

The Nobel Prize in Obscure Literature At least this year I’ve heard of, though not read, the winner. By Tunku Varadarajan Oct. 10, 2021 5:43 pm ET ...

So now that the Nobel Prize in Literature is gone—the 2018 prize will be postponed, as the Swedish Academy deals with the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal —it seems worth asking what ...