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Here are the latest posts about Nobel Prize on Writers Write:

  • Louise Gluck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 (2020-10-08): American poet Louise Gluck is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020. The award was presented by Mats Malm.

  • Kazuo Ishiguro Wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature (2017-10-05): Kazuo Ishiguro is the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent novel, The Buried Giant, was published in 2015.

  • Patti Smith Performed A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall as Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (2016-12-10): Patti Smith stumbled but recovered during a moving rendition of Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall at the Nobel Prize for Literature ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Bob Dylan Refuses to Attend Nobel Prize Ceremony (2016-11-16): Bob Dylan declines to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony. The Swedish Academy says that's fine, but you have six months to give your Nobel Lecture...or else.

  • Nobel Committee Gives Up On Trying to Contact Bob Dylan (2016-10-20): The Nobel Committee has given up on ever speaking with Bob Dylan to tell him he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. They are hopeful he will show up for the award ceremony, though.

  • Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize for Literature (2016-10-13): The literary community was shocked today to learn that singer songwriter Bob Dylan just won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Committee knows the choice was controversial.

  • French Author Patrick Modiano Wins 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature (2014-10-09): French author Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novelist is known for his accessible, entertaining books and themes of memory and time.

  • The First Chinese Laureate: Mo Yan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature (2012-10-11): Mo Yan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • Nobel Prize Money to be Reduced by 20% (2012-06-18): The Nobel Foundation has announced that the size of the Nobel Prize is being reduced by 20%.

  • Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa Won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature (2010-10-07): The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2010 has been awarded to the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa.

  • Another Obscure Nobel Prize Winner for Literature (2009-10-08): The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to a little know author, Herta Muller.

  • Nobel Prize for Literature to Be Live Webcast (2009-10-06): The Nobel Prize for Literature will be broadcast live from the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, October 8, at 1:00 p.

  • Nobel Laureate Issues Plea on Behalf of Book-Starved Countries (2008-12-08): The 68 year old French winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, J.

  • Doris Lessing Talks Life After the Nobel Prize (2008-07-04): Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing is just as feisty as ever.

  • Doris Lessing Too Ill to Deliver Nobel Acceptance Speech (2007-12-04): Doris Lessing is too ill to fly to Stockholm to give her speech accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature, but she has written the speech.

  • Why Doris Lessing Won the Nobel Prize for Literature (2007-10-18): Doris Lessing's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature thrilled many people -- other than Harold Bloom, of course -- especially science fiction fans who called it a great victory for the genre.

  • Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize For Literature (2007-10-12): 88 year-old British author Doris Lessing has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • Nobel Prize Winning Author Sued (2007-08-27): Canadian author Shahir Shahidsaless is suing Nobel Prize winner and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi for failure to follow through on co-authoring a book.

  • Orhan Pamuk Wins Nobel Prize for Literature (2006-10-12): Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • Gunter Grass Can Keep His Nobel Prize (2006-08-16): German author Gunter Grass will keep his Nobel Prize for literature, despite his recent admission that he was a member of Hitler's SS during World War II.