Talk:2021 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) 13:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Nominees[edit]
Betting Odds Nominees[edit]
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Before the official announcement, Abdulrazak Gurnah was never mentioned as a possible front runner like Japanese-born British Kazuo Ishiguro in 2017.[2] Among the strongest contenders for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following authors:[3][4][1][5]
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Ernaux (b. 1940) |  France
|
novel, memoir, autobiography |
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) |  Kenya
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) |  Japan
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) |  Canada
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Anne Carson (b. 1950) | Canada
|
poetry, essays |
| Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949) |  Antigua and Barbuda United States
|
novel, essays, short story |
| Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943) |  Russia
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Maryse Condé (b. 1937) | France
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Péter Nádas (b. 1942) |  Hungary
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Jon Fosse (b. 1959) |  Norway
|
novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays |
| Don DeLillo (b. 1936) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949) |  Croatia
|
novel, essays |
| Hélène Cixous (b. 1937) | France
|
essays, literary criticism, philosophy, drama, poetry |
| Javier Marías (1950–2022) |  Spain
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958) |  Romania
|
novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays |
| Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) |  Somalia
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Can Xue (b. 1953) |  China
|
novel, short story, literary criticism |
| Mia Couto (b. 1955) |  Mozambique
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Michel Houellebecq (b. 1956) | France
|
novel, poetry, essays |
| Yan Lianke (b. 1958) | China
|
novel, short story |
| Charles Simic (1938–2023) |  Serbia United States
|
poetry, essays |
| Edna O'Brien (b. 1930) |  Ireland
|
novel, memoir, drama, poetry, short story |
| Gerald Murnane (b. 1939) |  Australia
|
novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoir |
| Homero Aridjis (b. 1940) |  Mexico
|
poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Ivan Vladislavić (b. 1957) |  South Africa
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968) | Norway
|
novel, autobiography |
| Scholastique Mukasonga (b. 1956) |  Rwanda France
|
novel, short story, memoir |
| Xi Xi (1938–2022) | China
|
novel, poetry, short story, essays |
| Botho Strauss (b. 1944) |  Germany
|
drama, novel, essays |
| Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933) | United States
|
novel, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Hilary Mantel (1952–2022) |  United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, memoir, essays |
| Ko Un (b. 1933) |  South Korea
|
poetry |
| Linton Kwesi Johnson (b. 1952) |  Jamaica United Kingdom
|
poetry, songwriting |
| Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943) | United States
|
novel, essays |
| Yu Hua (b. 1960) | China
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Zoë Wicomb (b. 1948) | South Africa
|
novel, short story, essays, literary criticism |
| Martin Amis (b. 1949) | United Kingdom
|
novel, essays, memoir, screenplay |
| Milan Kundera (b. 1929) |  Czech Republic France
|
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama |
| Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, autobiography |
| Stephen King (b. 1947) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| William T. Vollmann (b. 1959) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Richard Osman (b. 1970) | United Kingdom
|
essays, novel |
| Ivan Klíma (b. 1931) | Czech Republic
|
novel, drama, memoirs |
| Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) |  Albania
|
novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story |
| László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954) | Hungary
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Sally Rooney (b. 1991) | Ireland
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, screenplay |
| Elena Ferrante (b. 1943) |  Italy
|
novel |
| Ian McEwan (b. 1948) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, screenplay, drama |
| Julian Barnes (b. 1946) | United Kingdom
|
novel, essay, memoirs, short story |
| Tom Stoppard (b. 1937) | United Kingdom
|
drama, screenplay |
| David Mitchell (b. 1969) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| 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 |
| Francis Fukuyama (b. 1952) | United States
|
essays, philosophy |
| Jonathan Franzen (b. 1959) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Dave Eggers (b. 1970) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays, memoirs |
| Ibrahim Kuni (b. 1948) |  Libya
|
novel |
| Adunis (b. 1930) |  Syria
|
poetry, essays, translation |
| Sonallah Ibrahim (b. 1937) |  Egypt
|
novel, short story |
| Banana Yoshimoto (b. 1964) | Japan
|
novel, 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 |
| 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 |
| Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947) | United States
|
philosophy |
| Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) | United States
|
novel, history, short story, essays |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie[6] (b. 1977) |  Nigeria
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Vikram Seth[6] (b. 1952) |  India
|
novel, poetry, essays |
| Liao Yiwu[6] (b. 1958) | China
|
poetry, essays |
Official Nominees[edit]
Despite the rule of keeping the nominations secret for 50 years, a number of literary organizations and academies announces publicly their favored nominees.[7] The following list were the authors nominated formally for the 2021 prize:
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) | Nominator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drago Jančar[8] (b. 1948) |  Slovenia
|
novel, short, drama, essays |
|
JB Hoang Tam (talk) 04:53, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b Alison Flood (4 October 2021). "Nobel odds: Annie Ernaux is the favourite to win this year's prize for literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Alex Shephard (7 October 2021). "Why Did Abdulrazak Gurnah Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Odds nicerodds.co.uk
- ^ Alex Shephard (6 October 2021). "Who Will Win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Emily Temple. Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. 5 October 2021. lithub.com
- ^ a b c Dennis Erezi (5 October 2021). "Swedish literary critic fears Nigeria's Adichie is 'probably too young' for Nobel Prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Nobelarkivet". svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Drago Jančar nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature". The Slovenia Times. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.