Nobel Prize in Literature

 Tomorrow, October 11, the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced.  Will it be China's Mo Yan or Japan's Haruki Murakami or someone else? The library has eight books by Murakami and none by Mo Yan.

2011 winner    

Tomas Tranströmer (Swedish poet)

2010 winner

Mario Vargas Llosa  (Peruvian novelist)

The last American winner was Doris Lessing in 2007. Over the years, the Nobel Prize in Literature has distinguished the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds.  The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded by the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden. In December the award will be presented at the building pictured above,Börssalen, Swedish Academy.