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He Nobel Prize in Literaturea, in its 2024 edition, was for South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
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The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” pic.twitter.com/dAQiXnm11z— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 10, 2024
The winner, in addition to worldwide recognition, obtains a check for 11 million Swedish crowns (more than 20 million pesos).
Who were the favorites to win the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?
The Chinese avant-garde author Can Xueoften compared to Kafka for the unreal and gloomy atmosphere that permeates his novels and short stories, was frequently cited by literary critics.
His name topped the betting sites. His experimental style oscillates between utopia and dystopia and transforms the mundane into the surreal.
“I think it will be a woman originally from a non-European linguistic region,” predicted Bjorn Wiman, head of the culture section of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
It is difficult to know how the 18 members of the Academy decided to keep the Nobel candidate writers secret.
Among literary circles, other common names moved around, such as those of the Australian novelist Gerald Murnane; the british Salman Rushide; the Antiguan-American writer Jamaica Kincaid; as well as that of the Canadian poet Anne Carsonthe Hungarian Laszlo Krasznahorkai or Japanese Haruki Murakami.
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?
On October 5 of last year, the Swedish Academy presented the literary award to the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse for “his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unspeakable.”
“I am overwhelmed and grateful. I see it as an award for literature that above all aims to be literature, without other considerations. (…) I was surprised when they called me, but not that surprised,” was the writer’s reaction to the Norwegian public channel NRK.
Often compared to Samuel Beckett, Fosse’s work is minimalist, based on simple language that conveys its message through rhythm, melody and silence.
What Nobel Prizes are still to be awarded?
Awarded since 1901, the Nobel Prizes honor those who, in the words of award creator and scientist Alfred Nobel, “conferred the greatest benefit to humanity.”
The season of these awards continues this week with the announcement of the winner or winners of the Nobel Peace Prize this Friday. and the Economics Award The season closes on Monday, October 14.
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