Announced by two Nobel Prize in Literature laureates.
On June 10, local time, the Swedish Academy Literature Award ann
Announced by two Nobel Prize in Literature laureates.
On June 10, local time, the Swedish Academy Literature Award announced that Nobel Prize in Literature in 20 18 would be awarded to Olga Tokachuk (translated from Olga Tokarczuk) and Nobel Prize in Literature in 20 19 would be awarded to peter handke.
Olga Tokachuk (also translated as Olga Tokarczuk) was born in196265438+129 October, and is a Polish writer, poet, psychologist and playwright. Tokachuk received psychological training at Warsaw University and published a series of poems, novels and essays. Her famous works include Travels of the Characters in the Book, Archaean Times, House in the Day, House at Night, etc. In May, 20 18, Tokarcuk won the international Booker Prize for her novel Flying, and in April, 20 19, she won the Booker International Literature Award for her novel Let Your Plow Run Over People's Bones.
Peter handke is a famous Austrian novelist and playwright and one of the most important writers in contemporary German literature. His representative works include The Script Offending the Audience and the novel The Goalkeeper's Anxiety about Penalty. In addition to literary creation, Der Himmel uber Berlin, co-written by Handke and Wenders, has become a classic in film history, and his film Left-handed Woman was nominated for best film at Cannes Film Festival.
Nobel Prize in Literature winner in recent five years.
In 20 14, it was awarded to French writer patrick modiano, whose representative works include: Star Square, Covered Street and Youth Cafe. Reason for winning the prize: He used the art of memory to show the most difficult fate of mankind and the world people lived in during the German occupation.
In 20 15, it was awarded to Svetlana alexeyevich, a Belarusian writer and journalist. Her representative works include Recalling Chernobyl: An Oral History of the Nuclear Disaster, The Last Witness: A Child Who Lost His Childhood, The Female Face of War and The Last Witness. Reason for winning the prize: Her polyphonic writing is a memorial to the suffering and courage of our time.
In 20 16, it was awarded to American rock singer Bob Dylan, whose masterpiece is "Floating in the Wind". Reason for winning the prize: It has created a new poetic expression in the great American song tradition.
20 17 was awarded to kazuo ishiguro, a Japanese-born British writer. Representative works include: Mountain View, Ukiyo-e Painter, The Day Will End, Don't Let Me Go. Reason for winning the prize: The novel full of strong emotions reveals the abyss under our illusion.