Nobel Prize in Literature
Subcategory of Awards — International Awards
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History

In May 2018, it was announced that after a series of resignations and public scandal, no prize would be awarded in 2018: instead, two laureates will be named in 2019.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2003

J. M. Coetzee 'who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider' -- The Swedish Academy citation, 2 October 2003.

Year: 2000

winner Gao Xingjian

Year: 1973

Patrick White 'for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature'.
VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (3)

Works About this Award

A Nobel Pursuit Stephen Romei , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 2023; (p. 5)

'As we mark the 50th anniversary of Patrick White’s historic win, the big question is whether Australia can nail another Nobel Prize in Literature, writes STEPHEN ROMEI' 
The Nobel Prize in Literature and Its Meaning Mo Yan , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Antipodean China 2021;
The Nobel Prize in China J. M. Coetzee , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Antipodean China 2021;
Coming from Tradition, Returning to Tradition Mo Yan , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Antipodean China 2021;
Diary Poem : Uses of the Nobel Prize i "In her comment on my poem about Borges in Geneva", Jennifer Maiden , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 95 2020;
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