- The Swedish Academy, Stockholm (Capital of Sweden) announced the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 and 2019.
- Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk (age 57 years) was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was awarded for her Narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.
- Austrian novelist Peter Handke (age 76 years) received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature. He awarded for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.
Published On : 11 Oct 2019
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