It covers the history of the Nobel Prize for Literature, some of my favourite winners and losers, and some controversies. I also cover in this episode the 2022 winner, French writer, Annie Ernaux.
This episode begins a mini-series on the Nobel Prize for Literature. There will be episodes in all in the lead-up to the announcement of the prize on 5 October.
- William Butler (W.B) Yeats 1923 100th anniversary (15 September)
- Patrick White 1973 50th anniversary (22 September)
- Olga Tokarczuk 2018 my favourite discovery of the alst decade (15 September)
- 2023 Winner announced on the evening of 5 October my time (6 October)
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