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Nobel Prize in Literature

FILE - Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai poses for photographers in London, May 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
October 9, 2025, 4:27 pm
Hungarian writer whose father hid Jewish roots is awarded Nobel prize in literature
Laszlo Krasznahorkai, 71, given prestigious honor for ‘compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’
By AFP and ToI Staff
South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, May 24, 2016. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
October 10, 2024, 3:24 pm
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korean author Han Kang
Fourth of this year’s awards recognizes writer for her ‘intense prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Canadian author Alice Munro poses for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York, October 18, 2002. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, File)
May 14, 2024, 10:19 pm
Nobel Prize winning short story writer Alice Munro dies at 92
Canadian-born Munro, winner of 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, often ranked with Anton Chekhov and John Cheever as one of the masters of the short story
By Hillel Italie
Then-president Barack Obama embraces poet Louise Gluck before awarding her the 2015 National Humanities Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on September 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
October 17, 2023, 4:02 pm
Jewish poet Louise Glück, who won Nobel literature prize, dies at 80
Acclaimed since the 1970s for filtering personal and feminist themes though classical mythological, nature and religious imagery, she was also the US poet laureate in 2003
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Norwegian author Jon Fosse poses for a photo as his book Septologien is launched at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo, September 6, 2019. (Hakon Mosvold Larsen /NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
October 5, 2023, 3:12 pm
Jon Fosse, Norwegian master of spare Nordic writing, wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Panel hails 2022 Booker Prize finalist for ‘innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable’; one of his country’s most-performed dramatists says he’s ‘overwhelmed’
By david keyton, Mike Corder and Jill Lawless
Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2022 Nobel prize in literature (Royal Swedish Academy via twitter)
October 6, 2022, 4:50 pm
French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel literature prize
Writer honored for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society; she is 17th woman of 119 recipients of award
By david keyton, Frank Jordans and Jill Lawless
Polish writer and Nobel Prize winner for literature Olga Tokarczuk poses for a photo after a press conference in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
May 16, 2022, 1:56 pm
In Israel, Nobel-winning author Olga Tokarczuk reflects on Poles, Jews and a messiah
Writer says she doesn’t like to get involved in politics, but notes that Poles share Ukraine’s ‘sense of danger that Russia presents to the free world’
By Jessica Steinberg
Author David Grossman speaks at the Meretz party's central committee meeting in Tel Aviv, on July 28, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
March 10, 2022, 8:18 pm
Israeli novelist David Grossman in the running for International Booker Prize
Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk and her novel ‘The Books of Jacob,’ which tells the story of 18th-century Jewish mystical cult leader Jacob Frank, also on prize longlist
By AP
Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk sets her gaze on a Jewish mystical cult leader in 'The Books of Jacob,' newly translated into English. (Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)
February 6, 2022, 5:53 pm
Polish Nobel laureate Tokarczuk tells a story about Jews. But is it a Jewish novel?
‘The Books of Jacob,’ now available in English, has fueled debate on how Poles see their country’s Jewish past amid growing academic interest
By Jonah Goldman Kay
Abulrazak Gurnah in 2009 (Wikimedia commons CC by 2.0)
October 7, 2021, 6:06 pm
Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize
UK-based writer is hailed for his ‘uncompromising writings on the ‘effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’; is only 6th Africa-born writer to win the award
By david keyton and Jill Lawless
US author Louise Glück giving a speech at the 2014 National Book Awards in New York City, November 19, 2014. (Robin Marchant / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
October 8, 2020, 2:57 pm
American Jewish poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize
Writer recognized for her ‘unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal’; critics see traces of her Jewish heritage in several poems
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya meets with readers at the International Book Fair of Hungary, April 24, 2009. (MTI, Lajos Soos/AP)
October 8, 2020, 1:12 pm
Jewish Russian author among frontrunners for Nobel in literature
Among the contenders given best odds of winning are Lyudmila Ulitskaya; Israeli author David Grossman also spoken of in run-up to award announcement
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This picture from September 17, 2018, shows Polish author Olga Tokarczuk in Krakow, Poland. (Beata Zawrel/AFP)
October 10, 2019, 5:40 pm
Polish writer who has criticized anti-Semitism in country wins 2018 Nobel
Olga Tokarczuk’s tome ‘The Books of Jacob’ hailed by the Swedish Academy as her ‘magnum opus’; 2019’s prize for literature is won by Austria’s Peter Handke
By Agencies
In this April 5, 1994 file photo, Toni Morrison holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
August 6, 2019, 9:13 pm
Nobel laureate novelist Toni Morrison dead at 88
Author’s rapid rise to become a reigning giant of modern American literature was achieved through command of language and tales of the private lives of the unknown and unwanted
By Hillel Italie
Author Saul Bellow laughs during an interview in his office on April 17, 1997 at Boston University, where he teaches literature (AP Photo/Elise Amendola).
December 16, 2018, 9:21 pm
Why Saul Bellow didn’t want to be called a ‘Jewish-American’ writer
US Jews were a vehicle for the Nobel Laureate to say what it means to be an American, according to biographer Zachary Leader, whose second Bellow volume is now on bookstore shelves
By Eric Cortellessa
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