Nobel Literature Prize

'Lamest Nobel win since Obama': How Twitter reacted to Bob Dylan's Literature Prize win

US music legend Bob Dylan, whose poetic lyrics have influenced generations of fans, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the award in a decision that stunned prize watchers.

Nobel Literature Prize-winner Bob Dylan: People today are still living off the table scraps of the 60s

As Dylan himself once said, “People today are still living off the table scraps of the 60s. They are still being passed around — the music and the ideas.” Amen.

Nobel Prize in literature: Bob Dylan, American singer, songwriter, wins for creating 'new poetic expressions'

American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy cited the American musician for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."

Bob Dylan gets Nobel Prize in Literature for his 'poetic expressions'; first songwriter to win honour

US music legend Bob Dylan won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the prestigious award in a decision that stunned prize watchers.

Italian playwright and Nobel Literature Prize winner Dario Fo passes away

Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1997, has died at the age of 90, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced Thursday.

Nobel Prize in literature: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Haruki Murakami among favourites to win

Literary circles are abuzz with speculation ahead of Thursday's Nobel Literature Prize announcement, with award watchers suggesting this year's honours could go to a controversial writer such as Syrian-born poet Adonis.

Mo Yan's book sold out in China after Nobel announcement

Less than half an hour after Chinese writer Mo Yan was announced the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, his books were sold out in China.

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation: Mo Yan

Mo Yan, who has won the Nobel literature prize, was forced to drop out of primary school and herd cattle during China's Cultural Revolution and was sometimes so destitute he ate tree bark and weeds to survive.

Nobel Literature Prize today: Will it be Murakami or Nadas?

After the announcements of three science awards, the Nobel Prizes are turning to literature, one of the most talked-about and emotion-stirring categories of the prestigious awards.

Murakami leads 2012 Nobel Lit prize race

The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are to be announced next week.