Pakistan: How politics spurred interest in German literature
Due to Pakistan’s British colonial past, English literature has always been popular in the South Asian country. German writers come…
Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the Nobel literature prize to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the…
Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The Norweigan author was hailed for his "innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." The award is…
Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Norway’s Jon Fosse
The award-giving Swedish Academy hailed Fosse’s "innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." The award is worth…
Cormac McCarthy, dark genius of American literature, dies at 89
Cormac McCarthy, whose nihilistic and violent tales of the American frontier and post-apocalyptic worlds led to awards, movie adaptations and…
Annie Ernaux’s Nobel prize celebrates a uniquely resonant voice in French literature
Annie Ernaux became the first French woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, in recognition of the…
French novelist, memoirist Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize for Literature
French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she…