Talk:2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
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List of nominees[edit]
The lists featured in the article are the authors speculated to possibly win the Nobel Prize in Literature based on online betting sites. Some authors were even revealed to have been officially nominated according to verified news agencies. Such lists are quite appropriate side by side with the official list of nominees to be revealed after 50 years, in observing predictions, and speculating deliberations and nominations. The list will be used in analysing who were the favourite authors to win a specific year and the authors shortlisted by the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee, and as to who were the authors who were officially nominated and the authors favoured to win despite not being nominated. The article will be a reference for literary critics and observers of the Nobel Prizes. For example, Annie Ernaux was favoured to win the 2021 prize based on the betting sites and surprisingly she won the following year. I have also created similar lists from 2009 to 2021 Nobel Prizes in Literature. Therefore, do not remove the lists. JB Hoang Tam (talk) 13:07, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Nominees[edit]
Betting Odds Nominees[edit]
Among the strongest contenders for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following authors:[1][2]
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Maryse Condé (b. 1937) |  France
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943) |  Russia
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) |  Japan
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) |  Canada
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) |  Kenya
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Anne Carson (b. 1950) | Canada
|
poetry, essays |
| Javier Marías (1950–2022) |  Spain
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Ko Un (b. 1933) |  South Korea
|
poetry |
| Yan Lianke (b. 1958) |  China
|
novel, short story |
| Annie Ernaux (b. 1940) | France
|
novel, memoir, autobiography |
| Can Xue (b. 1953) | China
|
novel, short story, literary criticism |
| Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933) |  United States
|
novel, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Don DeLillo (b. 1936) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943) | United States
|
novel, essays |
| Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949) |  Antigua and Barbuda United States
|
novel, essays, short story |
| Yu Hua (b. 1960) | China
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Edna O'Brien (b. 1930) |  Ireland
|
novel, memoir, drama, poetry, short story |
| Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021) |  Germany
|
poetry, drama |
| Charles Simic (1938–2023) |  Serbia United States
|
poetry, essays |
| Jon Fosse (b. 1959) |  Norway
|
novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays |
| Louise Glück (b. 1943) | United States
|
poetry, essays |
| Scholastique Mukasonga (b. 1956) |  Rwanda France
|
novel, short story, memoir |
| Botho Strauss (b. 1944) | Germany
|
drama, novel, essays |
| Homero Aridjis (b. 1940) |  Mexico
|
poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays |
| William T. Vollmann (b. 1959) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Hilary Mantel (1952–2022) |  United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, memoir, essays |
| Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968) | Norway
|
novel, autobiography |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson (b. 1952) |  Jamaica United Kingdom
|
poetry, songwriting |
| Michel Houellebecq (b. 1956) | France
|
novel, poetry, essays |
| Milan Kundera (b. 1929) |  Czech Republic France
|
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama |
| László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954) |  Hungary
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Stephen King (b. 1947) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Richard Osman (b. 1970) | United Kingdom
|
essays, novel |
| Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958) |  Romania
|
novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays |
| Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) |  Albania
|
novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Péter Nádas (b. 1942) | Hungary
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Sally Rooney (b. 1991) | Ireland
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, screenplay |
| Elena Ferrante (b. 1943) |  Italy
|
novel |
| Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, autobiography |
| Ian McEwan (b. 1948) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, screenplay, drama |
| Martin Amis (b. 1949) | United Kingdom
|
novel, essays, memoir, screenplay |
| Julian Barnes (b. 1946) | United Kingdom
|
novel, essay, memoirs, short story |
| Tom Stoppard (b. 1937) | United Kingdom
|
drama, screenplay |
| Richard Ford (b. 1944) | United States
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Joan Didion (1934–2021) | United States
|
novel, essays, screenplay, drama |
| Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) | United States
|
novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism |
| Dave Eggers (b. 1970) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays, memoirs |
| Adunis (b. 1930) |  Syria
|
poetry, essays, translation |
| Mia Couto (b. 1955) |  Mozambique
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Ibrahim Kuni (b. 1948) |  Libya
|
novel |
| Sonallah Ibrahim (b. 1937) |  Egypt
|
novel, short story |
| Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) |  Somalia
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Hoda Barakat (b. 1952) |  Lebanon
|
novel, drama, short story, memoirs |
| Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022) |  Philippines
|
novel, short story |
| Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940) |  Iran
|
novel |
| Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947) |  Vietnam
|
novel, essays |
| Ayi Kwei Armah (b. 1939) |  Ghana
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays |
| Lorna Goodison (b. 1947) | Jamaica
|
poetry, short story, memoirs, essays |
| Alain Mabanckou (b. 1966) |  Republic of Congo
|
novel, poetry, essays |
| Ama Ata Aidoo (b. 1942) | Ghana
|
novel, short story, poetry, drama |
| Bảo Ninh (b. 1952) | Vietnam
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Emmanuel Dongala (b. 1941) | Republic of Congo
|
novel, drama |
| Etel Adnan (1925–2021) | Lebanon United States
|
poetry, essays |
| Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021) | Egypt
|
novel, short story, drama, memoirs, essays |
| Jürgen Habermas (b. 1929) | Germany
|
philosophy |
| Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947) | United States
|
philosophy |
JB Hoang Tam (talk) 04:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ Emily Temple. Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. 7 October 2020. lithub.com
- ^ Alex Shephard (6 October 2020). "Who Will Win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 21 May 2021.