2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
 The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
|---|---|
 "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction". | |
| Date | 6 October 2022 |
| Location | Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Academy |
| Hosted by | Mats Malm |
| First awarded | 1901 |
| 2022 laureate | to be announced |
| Website | 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature |
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature is an international literary prize that will be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 6, 2022, and awarded late in 2022.
The 2021 Nobel laureate was awarded to Tanzanian-born British novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents".[1]
Nominees
Betting Odds Nominees
Among the strongest contenders for the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following authors:[2][3][4]
Both novelists Javier Marías and Hilary Mantel were initially included at the online betting sites, but due to their sudden deaths were eventually removed.[4][5]
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Michon (b. 1945) |  France
|
novel, short story |
| Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) |  Japan
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Jon Fosse (b. 1959) |  Norway
|
novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays |
| László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954) |  Hungary
|
novel, short story, translation |
| Michel Houellebecq (b. 1956) | France
|
novel, poetry, essays |
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) |  Kenya
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) |  United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, autobiography |
| Stephen King (b. 1947) |  United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Anne Carson (b. 1950) |  Canada
|
poetry, essays |
| Annie Ernaux (b. 1940) | France
|
novel, memoir, autobiography |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (b. 1977) |  Nigeria
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933) | United States
|
novel, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Edna O'Brien (b. 1930) |  Ireland
|
novel, memoir, drama, poetry, short story |
| Garielle Lutz (b. 1955) | United States
|
short story, poetry, essays |
| Gerald Murnane (b. 1939) |  Australia
|
novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoirs |
| Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943) |  Russia
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) | Canada
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958) |  Romania
|
novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays |
| Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Claudio Magris (b. 1939) |  Italy
|
essays, translation, novel, short story |
| Don DeLillo (b. 1936) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949) |  Croatia
|
novel, essays |
| Emmanuel Carrère (b. 1957) | France
|
novel, essays, biography, screenplay |
| Hélène Cixous (b. 1937) | France
|
essays, literary criticism, philosophy, drama, poetry |
| Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949) |  Antigua and Barbuda United States
|
novel, essays, short story |
| Maryse Condé (b. 1937) | France
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Mia Couto (b. 1955) |  Mozambique
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Ryszard Krynicki (b. 1943) |  Poland
|
poetry, translation |
| Scholastique Mukasonga (b. 1956) |  Rwanda France
|
novel, short story, memoirs |
| Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) |  Somalia
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Péter Nádas (b. 1942) | Hungary
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Ali Smith (b. 1962) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, drama, essays |
| Amitav Ghosh (b. 1956) |  India
|
novel, essays |
| Andrey Kurkov (b. 1961) |  Ukraine
|
novel, essays, screenplay |
| António Lobo Antunes (b. 1942) |  Portugal
|
novel, short story |
| Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) | United States
|
novel, history, short story, essays |
| Dag Solstad (b. 1941) | Norway
|
novel, short story, drama |
| David Grossman (b. 1954) |  Israel
|
novel, essays |
| Edmund White (b. 1940) | United States
|
novel, short story, memoirs, essays |
| Homero Aridjis (b. 1940) |  Mexico
|
poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Claudia Lee Hae-in (b. 1945) |  South Korea
|
poetry, essays |
| Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) |  Albania
|
novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) | United States
|
novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism |
| Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968) | Norway
|
novel, autobiography |
| Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940) |  Iran
|
novel |
| Marie NDiaye (b. 1967) | France
|
novel, short story, essays, drama, screenplay |
| Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947) | United States
|
philosophy |
| Robert Coover (b. 1932) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama |
| Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976) | United Kingdom
|
essays |
| Sebastian Barry (b. 1955) | Ireland
|
novel, poetry, drama |
| Wendell Berry (b. 1934) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| William T. Vollmann (b. 1959) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Yan Lianke (b. 1958) |  China
|
novel, short story |
| Botho Strauss (b. 1944) |  Germany
|
drama, novel, essays |
| Charles Simic (b. 1938) |  Serbia United States
|
poetry, essays |
| Ivan Vladislavić (b. 1957) |  South Africa
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson (b. 1952) |  Jamaica United Kingdom
|
poetry, songwriting |
| Murray Bail (b. 1941) | Australia
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Xi Xi (b. 1938) | China
|
novel, poetry, short story, essays |
| Can Xue (b. 1953) | China
|
novel, short story, literary criticism |
| Ko Un (b. 1933) | South Korea
|
poetry, essays |
| Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943) | United States
|
novel, essays |
| Martin Amis (b. 1949) | United Kingdom
|
novel, essays, memoir, screenplay |
| Milan Kundera (b. 1929) |  Czech Republic France
|
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama |
| Yu Hua (b. 1960) | China
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Zoë Wicomb (b. 1948) | South Africa
|
novel, short story, essays, literary criticism |
Official Nominees
Records of nominations are strictly kept secret by the Swedish Academy for 50 years until they are made publicly available[6] but some literary organizations and academies would announce beforehand their nominations.[7][8] The following list were the authors nominated formally for the 2022 prize:
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salim Barakat[9] (b. 1951) |  Syria
|
novel, poetry, short story, autobiography | Swedish PEN-Club |
| Edwidge Danticat[9] (b. 1969) |  Haiti United States
|
novel, short story, biography | |
| Georgi Gospodinov[7] (b. 1968) |  Bulgaria
|
novel, poetry, drama | Zdravka Evtimova (b. 1959) |
| Inaam Kachachi[9][10] (b. 1952) |  Iraq
|
novel, essays | Swedish PEN-Club |
| Serhiy Zhadan[11] (b. 1974) | Ukraine
|
poetry, novel, essays, translation | Polish Academy of Sciences |
Nobel campaigns for Rushdie
Following the attack on the British author Salman Rushdie on August 12, 2022[12][13][14] as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, numerous academic institutions and societies started calling the attention of the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee to bestow him this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.[15][16][17] Among the authors calling to recognize Rushdie were French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy,[18] French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen, British writers Ian McEwan and Neil Gaiman, Indian writers Kavery Nambisan and Adil Jussawalla,[17] and Canadian author Margaret Atwood who declared, "If we don’t defend free speech, we live in tyranny: Salman Rushdie shows us that."[19][20][21] American journalist David Remnick explains why Rushdie deserves the Nobel Prize:
"As a literary artist, Rushdie is richly deserving of the Nobel, and the case is only augmented by his role as an uncompromising defender of freedom and a symbol of resiliency. No such gesture could reverse the wave of illiberalism that has engulfed so much of the world. But, after all its bewildering choices, the Swedish Academy has the opportunity, by answering the ugliness of a state-issued death sentence with the dignity of its highest award, to rebuke all the clerics, autocrats, and demagogues—including our own—who would galvanize their followers at the expense of human liberty. Freedom of expression, as Rushdie’s ordeal reminds us, has never come free, but the prize is worth the price."[15]
Rushdie, known for his controversial 1988 novel The Satanic Verses which earned him a fatwā from Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, has annually been included in the Ladbrokes odds.[22][23] Journalist Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News expressed the possibility of Rushdie winning the prestigious prize, saying:
"A Nobel for Rushdie wouldn't only be a glorious message from our civilization to all who would decry "the free word"; it would, in effect, be a way of redeeming, in its hour of need, the Nobel Prize for Literature itself... And now just imagine what it might possibly mean this October if they decided, after all, to give the Nobel to [him], who currently lives and works in America but is civilization's very symbol of how much courage is often required of the written word in this world."[16]
It was not until 27 years after when the Swedish Academy, who had been neutral regarding the Rushdie affairs, has condemned the Iranian death warrant against the British author.[24] Prior to the condemnation, two of the Academy's members, Kerstin Ekman and Lars Gyllensten, stopped participating in the Academy's work in protest at its refusal to make an appeal to the Swedish cabinet in support for Rushdie.[25][26]
Rushdie is noted for his literary works such as Midnight's Children (1981), The Moor's Last Sigh (1995), Shalimar the Clown (2005), and Joseph Anton: A Memoir (2012), an account of his life in the wake of the events following The Satanic Verses.[22] Since then he has become an icon for "freedom of speech" in the realm of literature.[27][28][29][30]
Nobel Committee
The Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee is composed of the following members:[31]
- Anders Olsson, Chair; Seat 4
- Ellen Mattson, Seat 9
- Steve Sem-Sandberg, Seat 14
- Anne Swärd, Seat 13
- Per Wästberg, Seat 12
- Mats Malm, associate member and permanent secretary; Seat 11
References
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- ^ a b Emily Temple (26 September 2022). "Here are the bookies' odds for the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature". Literary Hub. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Betting lists with odds for the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 at Ladbrokes betting are ready – Dagsavisen". The Norway Posts. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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- ^ a b "Bulgarian Author is Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature". Novinite. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Vietnam misses nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature". english.vov.vn. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Iraqi novelist Inam Kachachi has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature". iraqpalm.com. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Novelist Inaam Kachachi Was Not Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature". misbar.com. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Serhiy Zhadan was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature". Chytomo. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Goodman, Joshua (12 August 2022). "Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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- ^ "Salman Rushdie & Henry Reese". Chautauqua Institution. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b David Remnick (28 August 2022). "It's Time for Salman Rushdie's Nobel Prize". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b Jeff Simon (31 August 2022). "Restore the luster of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Give it to Salman Rushdie". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b R. Raj Rao (24 September 2022). "Should Salman Rushdie get the Nobel Prize for literature in 2022?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Walter Ellis (17 August 2022). "Bérnard-Henri Lévy champions Salman Rushdie for the Nobel Prize". reaction.life. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Margaret Atwood (15 August 2022). "If we don't defend free speech, we live in tyranny: Salman Rushdie shows us that". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Nobel campaign for writer Salman Rushdie". Latin American News. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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- ^ a b Jonathan Russell Clark (7 October 2015). "Why Salman Rushdie Should Win the Nobel Prize in Literature". Literary Hub. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Anis Shivani (4 October 2011). "Which Writer Most Deserves the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature?". HuffPost. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Swedish Academy condemns Salman Rushdie death warrant 27 years later". The Guardian. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Nobel Judge Steps Down in Protest". BBC News. 11 October 2005. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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External links
- The Nobel Prize in Literature nobelprize.org
- Swedish Academy svenskaakademien.se/en