- 10/11/12 /
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Chinese Author Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize
Sorry, Murakami.
Nobel Prize
- 8/23/12 /
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Haruki Murakami Favorite for Nobel Prize
With ten-to-one odds.
- 10/6/11 /
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Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize
Home country advantage, Tomas Tranströmer!
- 10/8/10 /
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Nobel Prize Winner Mario Vargas Llosa Doesn’t Know What the Future Holds for Books
"It's an enigma."
- 10/7/10 /
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Mario Vargas Llosa Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
The 74-year-old Peruvian author is the first South American to win since 1992.
- 10/8/09 /
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Herta Müller Wins the Nobel Lit Prize
Romanian-born German writer Herta Müller won 2009's Nobel Prize for Literature this morning.
- 10/9/08 /
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France’s Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize
First they said American writers were too 'insular' to win the Nobel — and now they've given it to an author from France!
- 10/1/08 /
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Are American Writers Too Insular to Win the Nobel Prize?
The top member of the award jury says that our literature is too ignorant to be considered seriously for a Nobel. Harumph!
- 10/11/07 /
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Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize But Doesn't Know It Yet
Shoppers of London: Keep your eyes peeled!