the seven book 1,250-page epic first released between 2019 and 2021 was considered his “magnum opus”. The Nobel Prize ...

When Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October last year, her books flew off the shelves, and South Korea’s ...

A survey of the Polish poet’s work in the late 1940s and early 1950s highlights Miłosz’s attempt to grapple with the ...

The answer is: more people than you might think. The Nobel Prize is awarded in five categories—physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace—by committees who rely on nominations ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on the ...

The Nobel Prize in Literature has honoured predominantly Western writers since it was first awarded in 1901, but the Swedish Academy may shine its spotlight further afield this year, experts say.

Munro is only the thirteenth woman to win the prize since its inception in 1901. The Nobel Foundation said they had been unable to reach her and had left a message on her phone. Photo: Reuters ...

Han Kang in 2016. Ms. Han, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has written books about two of South Korea’s darkest moments.Credit...Jean Chung for The New York Times Han Kang ...

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new novel ... Kyungha arrives in Jeju with ghosts of her own. She wrote a book about state violence, just as Kang did in 2014 with “Human Acts,” a novel ...

South Korean novelist Han Kang was introduced to most English readers by her 2007 book, “The Vegetarian” (published ... who was awarded last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. “We Do Not Part” is also ...