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Nobel Prize Literature

Book News: Publishing Hackathon, Nobel Speculation
New Yorker (blog)
A tweet by the Swedish Academy has caused a frenzy of speculation on Twitter about this year's candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Over the weekend, the first-ever Publishing Hackathon brought together digital designers, programmers ...

An Interview with Literary Outlaw Alan Kaufman
The Somerville News
It's little known for instance, that Samuel Beckett, a complete literary outsider in every respect, and despite his Nobel Prize, was also an active member of the French Resistance, for which he received a Croix du guerre. He never talked about it. In ...

Mo Yan promotes Chinese literature
People's Daily Online
After keeping a low profile since he was crowned Nobel laureate in literature in December, Mo Yan is ready to face the media. Last week, Mo Yan rejoined public events as chair of the International Writing Center under Beijing Normal University, and ...

Soyinka on 'Obscene' Push for Achebe Nobel
The Root
Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature, also spoke about his personal relationship with Achebe and other Nigerian writers; his regrets about Achebe's last book, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra; and his attempt to talk ...