Nobel Prize in Literature Is Awarded to Annie Ernaux
Image Annie Ernaux in 2020.Credit...Isabelle Eshraghi for The New York Times
Previous recipients have included literary giants like Toni Morrison, J.M. Coetzee and Saul Bellow.
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Annie Ernaux. The decision was announced at a news conference in Stockholm.(Watch a livestream of the announcement coverage here.)
The prize recognizes an author’s entire body of work.
Alex Marshall Reporting from London
Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Committee, said that he had not been able to reach her yet, but that he “expected her to become aware of the news soon.”
Annie Ernaux has been named as the recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
The announcement is only minutes away, and journalists are gathering in Stockholm to learn the recipient. On YouTube, viewers are saying which writers they want to win.
One person has suggested the rapper Eminem.
Can the Nobel Prize in Literature avoid another controversy?
Bob Dylan’s win in 2016 was met with a mixture of confusion, and praise for expanding the definition of literature.
For much of the past decade, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been dogged by controversy. In 2016, the award went to Bob Dylan. Some authors questioned whether a songwriter was an appropriate choice, even as others praised the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, for expanding the accepted definition of literature.
The Nobel Prize, endowed by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist, was first awarded in 1901.
In his will, the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel bequeathed most of his wealth to endow annual prizes in five fields, recognizing those who “have conferred the greatest benefit to human kind” during the previous year.The honors were first awarded in 1901, five years after his death, and celebrate scientific discovery, medical innovation, literary accomplishment and measures toward forging peace.
Gamblers have placed bets on the rarefied literary prize for years. Many end up disappointed, because the bookmakers’ favorites rarely win.Credit...Laura Moss for The New York TimesIf you’re sure your favorite novelist or playwright is destined to win this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, Europe’s bookies have a question for you: Want to bet on that?For more than a decade, gamblers have been logging onto betting websites to place wagers on the rarefied literary prize. Many end up disappointed, because the bookmakers’ favorites rarely win
The Swedish Academy, the body that oversees the Nobel Prize in Literature, will announce its choice for the award in Stockholm on Thursday around 1 p.m. Swedish time (7 a.m. Eastern). Previous recipients have included titans of literature such as Toni Morrison, J.M. Coetzee and Saul Bellow.(Watch a livestream of the announcement here.)
Lit Trivia, The New York Times Book Review’s monthly multiple-choice quiz designed to test your knowledge about books and their authors, has created a special edition in honor of Thursday’s Nobel Prize in Literature. In the years from 1901 to 2021, the Nobel Prize in Literature — given for the writer’s body of work — has been awarded 114 times to 118 Nobel Prize laureates chosen by the Swedish Academy; some years saw a shared award.
Source: New York Times