Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Theft” examines the lives of an expanding family of characters in Tanzania in the late 20th century.

They may not be able to name a winner, but if you say the words “Nobel Prize ... inviting them to propose candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Official nominations are kept strictly ...

But having won the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro, I suspect, can tolerate being dissed by me. The Remains Of The Day never worked for me. The use of the passive voice struck me as a ...

The two don’t often overlap. Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was the first person to win both awards. He was selected or the Nobel prize for Literature in 1925 for his play, Saint Joan which was ...

Burns for installation at Boston College Ireland. A four-week webinar series produced by Boston College is exploring the lives and works of the four Irishborn winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature: ...

In 2024, for the first time, an Asian woman won the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is Han Kang, South Korean, born in 1970, daughter of the writer Han Seung-won. The Swedish Academy awarded her the ...

Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.

Japanese translator Saito Mariko has won the Research and Translation category at the 76th Yomiuri Literary Awards for her ...