2024 Nobel Prize in Literature explained

2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
Presenter:Swedish Academy
Year:1901
Holder:to be announced
Date:
  • 10 October 2024
    (announcement)
  • 10 December 2024
    (ceremony)
Location:Stockholm, Sweden
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Main:Nobel Prize in Literature
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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature is an international literary prize established according to Alfred Nobel's will[1] that will be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 October 2024 and awarded on 10 December 2024.[2]

Nobel Committee

The 2024 Nobel Committee is composed of the following members:[3]

Committee Members
Seat No.PictureNameElectedPositionProfession
4Anders Olsson
(b. 1949)		2008committee chairliterary critic, literary historian
11Mats Malm
(b. 1964)		2018associate member
permanent secretary		translator, literary historian, editor
9Ellen Mattson
(b. 1963)		2019membernovelist, essayist
14Steve Sem-Sandberg
(b. 1958)		2021memberjournalist, author, translator
13Anne Swärd
(b. 1969)		2019membernovelist
16Anna-Karin Palm
(b. 1961)		2023associate membernovelist, culture writer

Nominations

Every year, beginning in November of last year, thousands of letters across the world are sent to the Swedish Academy, endorsing well celebrated and little-known authors for the Nobel Prize. Such nominations can only be done by qualified nominators, namely members of the Swedish Academy and of other academies, institutions and societies which are similar to it in construction and purpose; professors of literature and of linguistics at universities and colleges; previous Nobel Prize laureates in Literature; and chairpersons of writers' organizations qualifying as representative of their countries' production of literature and belles lettres.[4] Among the fundamental rules in making nominations include not making them public – but some still do as previous years – nor nominating oneself which automatically disqualifies the nominee during deliberations.[5] [6]

Despite the secrecy, many notable writers around the globe are perennially expected to be among the official nominees and favored to win the prestigious literary prize. The following list features authors considered multiple times for the prize along with the current number of their books the Nobel Library possess.[7] [8] [9] [10] The amount of copies helps determine the Swedish Academy's interest on a particular author.[11]

scope=col Authorscope=col Birth
Year		scope=col Countryscope=col Numbers
of Books		scope=col Genre(s)
1949 22 novel, biography, essays, poetry
1963 32 poetry, short story, novel, drama
1949 36 novel, short story, essays, translation
1948 31 novel, essays, history
1942 35 novel, short story, memoirs
1960 21 novel, short story, essays
1940 70 poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays
1939 129 novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism
1951 23 novel, short story, poetry
1945 23 novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
1958 25 novel, drama, short story, essays
1946 33 novel, short story, essays
1949 45 poetry, short story, essays, memoirs
1944 66 novel, short story, poetry, essays
1947 26 novel, short story, poetry, drama, essays
1967 24 poet, literary critic
1936 23 poetry, songwriting
1942 25 novel, poetry, essays, drama, translation
1939 33 novel, poetry, essays
1953 24 novel, short story, literary criticism
1957 20 novel, essays, biography, screenplay
1950 49 poetry, essays
1958 41 novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays
1953 30 novel, essays, autobiography, screenplay
1937 91 essays, literary criticism, philosophy, drama, poetry
1955 61 novel, short story, essays
1967 24 novel, essays, drama
1947 23 short story, novel, essays
1936 59 novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
1937 25 novel, short story
1957 26 novel, short story, poetry
1947 25 novel, short story, essays
1956 33 novel, short story, translation
1923 38 novel, short story, essays, literary criticism
1933 71 novel, essays, screenplay
1945 23 novel, poetry
1947 23 novel, essays
1967 22 novel, short story, drama, essays
1939 25 novel, poetry, drama, essays
1941 21 novel, short story, essays
1945 25 novel, short story, drama
1925 22 philosophy, essays, novel, poetry
1929 21 novel, essays
1943 25 novel, essays
1960 47 novel, essays, translation
Magnus Florin 1955 32 novel, drama, essays
1944 48 novel, short story, poetry, essays
1944 22 novel, short story, screenplay
1947 37 poetry, drama, essays
Niels Frank 1963 22 poetry, essays
1953 99 poetry, biography, essays, drama, translation
1932 21 drama, novel, memoirs
1937 32 poetry, essays, translation
Eric Fylkeson 1950 24 poetry, essays
1963 24 novel, drama, screenplay
Jörgen Gassilewski 1961 22 poetry, essays
1954 23 novel, short story, essays
1956 27 novel, essays
1945 55 poetry, novel, essays, translation, literary criticism
1954 35 novel, essays
1953 21 poetry, short story, drama
1962 73 poetry, essays, novel
1954 47 novel, short story, poetry, essays
Lennart Hagerfors 1946 24 novel, essays
1940 81 poetry, novel, essays, translation
1966 34 history, essays, novel
1945 27 novel, poetry, drama
1944 28 novel, drama, essays
1962 23 novel, short story, essays
1957 49 novel, poetry, essays
1955 22 novel, essays, translation
1954 37 novel, short story, autobiography
1948 25 novel, short story, drama, essays
1955 32 poetry, drama
1952 21 novel, essays, literary criticism
1935 42 novel, essays
1946 33 novel, short story, essays, poetry
1938 43 novel, poetry, essays, translation
1955 20 novel, poetry, essays
1975 22 novel, drama
1948 23 novel, short story, drama, essays
1937 53 novel, poetry, short story
1928 24 novel, short story, poetry, essays
1949 26 novel, essays, short story
1956 20 novel, poetry, translation
1946 20 poetry, novel, short story, drama, translation
1953 31 novel, short story, essays
1931 49 novel, drama, memoirs
1938 34 short story, essays
1932 28 essays, philosophy, drama
1968 52 novel, autobiography, essays
1933 37 poetry, essays
1928 24 novel, drama, poetry, autobiography
1931 26 poetry, novel, short story, drama
1935 70 novel, essays
1954 40 novel, short story, translation
1941 38 novel, essays, philosophy
1943 20 poetry, translation
1955 39 novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays, screenplay
1942 38 poetry, drama
Kristoffer Leandoer 1962 49 poetry, short story, novel, essays
Mara Lee 1972 23 poetry, novel, translation
1939 26 essays, philosophy, history
1958 24 novel, short story
Birgitta Lillpers 1958 21 novel, poetry
1945 43 poetry, essays
1935 23 novel, essays, autobiography, drama
1964 44 novel, short story, drama, essays
1942 98 novel, short story, essays
1949 25 songwriting, novel, poetry
1950 39 poetry, essays, translation
1966 31 novel, poetry, essays
1939 32 novel, short story, drama
1939 107 essays, translation, novel, short story
1957 27 novel
1934 25 novel, short story, poetry, essays, drama
1936 23 novel, essays
1936 27 novel, short story, essays, drama
1945 38 essays, novel, autobiography, literary criticism
1948 38 novel, short story, screenplay, drama
Gabriela Melinescu 1942 34 poetry, essays, translation
1943 27 novel, short story, drama, essays
1951 20 novel, short story
1952 24 novel, short story, essays
1971 20 novel, poetry, screenplays
1951 40 poetry, essays, literary criticism
1956 48 novel, short story, essays
1949 47 novel, short story, essays
1939 26 novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoirs
1934 26 novel, poetry, essays
1942 69 novel, drama, essays
1967 28 novel, short story, essays, drama, screenplay
1939 24 poetry, novel, essays, translation
Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson 1965 23 poetry, essays
1933 76 novel, short story, poetry, essays
1946 36 essays, philosophy
1966 35 novel, short story
1968 20 poetry, essays
1938 179 novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism
1962 31 novel, short story
1959 30 novel, short story, poetry, essays
Tommy Olofsson 1960 25 poetry, essays
1943 30 novel, poetry, essays
1928 26 novel, short story, essays
1955 22 novel, drama, poetry, essays
1962 46 novel, short story, essays
1976 26 poetry, essays, translation
1938 46 novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays
1940 57 novel, poetry, drama, essays, literary criticism
1939 23novel, short story, poetry
1937 20 novel, short story, essays
1949 20 novel, essays
1948 50 novel, short story, essays
1949 35 novel, short story, biography, essays
Renzo Ricchi 1936 22 drama, poetry, short story, essays
1948 30 novel, short story, essays, screenplay
1943 21 novel, essays
1932 32 poetry, novel, essays
1953 20 novel, short story, essays
1961 20 novel, short story, poetry, essays
1947 60 novel, short story, essays, autobiography
1930 77 poetry, essays, translation
1949 33 poetry, essays, translation
1958 41 novel, essays
1962 38 novel, poetry, drama, screenplay
1962 26 novel, short story, drama, essays
1975 22 novel, short story, essays, drama
1941 40 novel, short story, drama
1955 41 novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
1963 25 drama, novel, essays
1960 46 novel, short story, essays
1963 20 novel, poetry
1944 64 drama, novel, essays
1963 22 novel, short story, essays
1949 23 novel, short story
1952 55 poetry, essays
1960 41 novel, short story, poetry
1941 26 novel, short story, essays
1938 54 novel, drama, short story, essays
1956 20 poetry, essays
1942 24 novel, short story
Pär Thörn 1977 21 poetry, essays
1943 20 poetry, drama, short story, translation
Enrico Tiozzo 1945 50 essays, literary criticism
1957 22 novel, screenplay
1955 47 novel, short story, essays
1937 25 novel, short story, screenplay
1951 31 novel, short story, essays
1942 29 novel, short story, drama, screenplay
1944 21 novel, translation, screenplay
1941 21 novel, short story, literary criticism
1943 67 novel, short story, drama
1959 21 novel, poetry, screenplay
1952 29 novel, poetry, drama
1937 31 poetry, essays, philology
1948 60 novel, short story, essays
1957 26 novel, short story, essays
1939 60 poetry, essays, novel, drama
1961 24 novel, short story, poetry, essays
Magnus William-Olsson 1960 54 poetry, essays, translation
1940 20 novel, short story, poetry
1959 45 novel, short story, memoirs
1933 257 novel, poetry, biography, essays, literary criticism
1958 41 novel, short story
1955 41 poetry, essays
1960 38 novel, short story, essays
1974 20 poetry, short story, essays

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alfred Nobel will . 15 December 2017 . 16 December 2022 . Nobel Foundation.
  2. Web site: Prize announcement dates . nobelprize.org .
  3. https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/the-nobel-prize-in-literature/the-nobel-committee The Nobel Committee 2024 – Nobel Prize in Literature
  4. Web site: How are the Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature decided?. svenskaakademien.se. 20 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Rules for Nominations. svenskaakademien.se. 20 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Behind the scenes of the Nobel Prize in Literature. 20 October 2023. nobelprize.org. 21 September 2021 .
  7. Web site: Crowd-pleaser or obscure pick for literature Nobel?. 6 October 2022. France 24. 23 January 2023.
  8. Web site: Who Will Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?. 6 October 2021. 23 January 2023. New York Times. Alex Marshall.
  9. Web site: 10 People Who Deserve a Nobel Prize. 7 September 2022. 23 January 2023. The Best Schools.
  10. Web site: Authors Who Should Win Nobel Prize For Literature. 3 October 2022. 23 January 2023. india.com. Shrimansi Kaushik.
  11. The list as of July 2024 shows only those with 15 and above.Web site: Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek. lib.nobelbibliotek.se.

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