Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s criticism of an autocratic administration, leading to his ...

A four-week webinar series produced by Boston College is exploring the lives and works of the four Irishborn winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature: George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Samuel ...

Kenyans mourn African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o - Kenyans are reminiscing about the work of author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s criticism of an ...

Author Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature has said she hopes her daily life will not change too much after her historic honour. The short story writer and ...

Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he did not pick literature as an A-level as it did not feel “useful”. The Tanzanian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2021 ...

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah in Canterbury, Kent, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he ...

Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he did not pick literature as an A-level as it did not feel “useful”. The Tanzanian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature ...

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Paul Tenngart's book explores the Nobel Prize in Literature's influence on global literary canon, highlighting biases and the ...

Nobel literature committee member Anna-Karin Palm said Han writes about “trauma, pain and loss,” whether individual or collective, “with the same compassion and care.” ...