2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature is an international literary prize established according to Alfred Nobel's will[1] that will be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on 5 October 2023 and awarded on 10 December 2023.[2]

2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
"in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction".
Date
  • 5 October 2023
    (announcement)
  • 10 December 2023
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
2023 laureateto be announced
Website2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

Nominations

Every year, beginning in November of last year, thousands of letters across the world are sent to the Swedish Academy, endorsing well celebrated and little-known authors for the Nobel Prize. Such nominations can only be done by qualified nominators, namely members of the Swedish Academy and of other academies, institutions and societies which are similar to it in construction and purpose; professors of literature and of linguistics at universities and colleges; previous Nobel Prize laureates in Literature; and chairpersons of writers' organizations qualifying as representative of their countries' production of literature and belles lettres.[3] Among the fundamental rules in making nominations include not making them public – but some still do as previous years – nor nominating oneself which automatically disqualifies the nominee during deliberations.[4][5]

Despite the secrecy, many notable writers around the globe are perennially expected to be among the official nominees and favored to win the prestigious literary prize.[6] Among these living authors include Albania's Kadare; America's Auster, Davis, DeLillo, Hustvedt, Kincaid, King, McCarthy, Nussbaum, Oates, Palahniuk, Pynchon, K. Robinson, Tyler and White; Argentina's Aira; Brazil's Buarque and Santiago; Britain's Barnes, Byatt, Churchill, Gaiman, Kelman, McEwan, Rushdie and Stoppard; Canada's Atwood, Carson and Ondaatje; Cape Verde's Almeida; Chile's Allende; China's Bei Dao, Can Xue, Yan Lianke; Czech Republic's Kundera; Egypt's Al Aswany and Ibrahim; Estonia's Kareva; France's Cixous, Condé, Houellebecq, Kristeva, Michon, and Sollers; Germany's Habermas, Schlink, Sloterdijk and Strauss; Hungary's Krasznahorkai and Nádas; India's Desai, Ghosh and Roy; Israel's Grossman; Italy's Agamben, Magris and Maraini; Jamaica's Goodison, Miller, and Johnson; Japan's Murakami, Ogawa and Yoshimoto; Ireland's Banville, Muldoon, O'Brien and Tóibín; Kenya's Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; Korea's Hwang Sok-yong, Ko Un and Lee Hae-in; Mexico's Aridjis, Poniatowska and Rivera Garza; Netherland's Nooteboom; Norway's Fosse, Knausgård, Lindstrøm and Solstad; Oceania's Carey, Grace, Ihimaera, Malouf, Murnane and Wendt; Philippines' Dalisay Jr.; Poland's Tulli; Portugal's Lobo Antunes; Romania's Cărtărescu and Țepeneag; Rwanda's Mukasonga; Russia's Bykov, Sorokin, Petrushevskaya and Ulitskaya; Spain's Goytisolo, Montero, Muñoz Molina and Vila-Matas; Somalia's Farah; South Africa's Vladislavic; Syria's Adunis and Barakat; Ukraine's Kostenko (nominated in 1967), Kurkov and Zhadan; and Vietnam's Dương Thu Hương.[6][7][8][9]

Nobel Committee

The Swedish Academy's 2023 Nobel Committee is composed of the following members:[10]

Committee Members
Seat No. Picture Name Elected Position Profession
4 Anders Olsson
(b. 1949)		 2008 committee chair literary critic, literary historian
11 Mats Malm
(b. 1964)		 2018 associate member
permanent secretary		 translator, literary historian, editor
12 Per Wästberg
(b. 1933)		 1997 member novelist, journalist, poet, essayist
13 Anne Swärd
(b. 1969)		 2019 member novelist
9 Ellen Mattson
(b. 1963)		 2019 member novelist, essayist
14 Steve Sem-Sandberg
(b. 1958)		 2021 member journalist, author, translator

References
  1. "Alfred Nobel will". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. "Prize announcement dates". nobelprize.org.
  3. "How are the Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature decided?". svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. "Rules for Nominations". svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. "Behind the scenes of the Nobel Prize in Literature". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. "Crowd-pleaser or obscure pick for literature Nobel?". France 24. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. Alex Marshall (6 October 2021). "Who Will Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. "10 People Who Deserve a Nobel Prize". The Best Schools. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. Shrimansi Kaushik (3 October 2022). "Authors Who Should Win Nobel Prize For Literature". india.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  10. The Nobel Committee 2023 – Nobel Prize in Literature svenskaakademien.se
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