The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019

The Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 and 2019

The Swedish Academy 2019

The Swedish Academy 2019

The Swedish Academy is an independent cultural institution, founded in 1786 by King Gustaf III in order to advance the Swedish language and Swedish literature. The Academy has also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature since 1901.

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Nobel Lectures in Literature for the years 2018 and 2019.

Nobel Lecture by Olga Tokarczuk

Nobel Lecture by Peter Handke

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Nobel Prize Ceremony
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Statutes of the Swedish Academy

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The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2019