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New Book Reveals How Swedish Academy's Crisis Was Avoidable

The Swedish Academy's crisis was completely unnecessary. If some of the central figures had acted differently, the crisis could have been avoided.

New Book Reveals How Swedish Academy's Crisis Was Avoidable

Sakligt Festival Spotlights Non-Fiction Amid Literature Crisis

The non-fiction book is experiencing a sales crisis, but this year's edition of Sakligt, the festival for non-fiction literature, is starting up like last year. In the midst of this literature crisis, there is no shortage of "storytelling" and there is a hype for stories based on real events, says Magnus Linton, one of the organizers.

Sakligt Festival Spotlights Non-Fiction Amid Literature Crisis

Pär Hansson Wins Dobloug Prize for Swedish Literature

The author Pär Hansson and the poet Johan Jönson are this year's Swedish recipients of the Dobloug Prize from the Swedish Academy. The prize is awarded "for the support of Swedish and Norwegian literature as well as literary historical research", and is 200,000 kronor per awardee.

Pär Hansson Wins Dobloug Prize for Swedish Literature

Skåne Added to Expanding Swedish Literary Map Project

Skåne is the new region when the Literature Map project is expanded with an additional region. .

Skåne Added to Expanding Swedish Literary Map Project

Swedish Academy Honors Petra Mölstad with 2025 Literary Prize

The Swedish Academy awards the author Petra Mölstad the 2025 Signe Ekblad-Eldh Prize. The prize amount is 140 000 kronor.

Swedish Academy Honors Petra Mölstad with 2025 Literary Prize

Per Wirtén Awarded 2025 Gun and Olof Engqvist Scholarship

The Swedish Academy has decided to award the author and journalist Per Wirtén the Gun and Olof Engqvist scholarship for 2025. The purpose of the scholarship is to "support literary activities including cultural journalism" and the amount is 200,000 kronor.

Per Wirtén Awarded 2025 Gun and Olof Engqvist Scholarship

Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Dies at 89, Leaves Literary Legacy

The Peruvian author and Nobel laureate in literature Mario Vargas Llosa has passed away at the age of 89. He will always be seen as one of the great renovators of Latin American prose, says Håkan Bravinger, publishing manager at Norstedts.

Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa Dies at 89, Leaves Literary Legacy

Norwegian author Dag Solstad has died

The Norwegian author Dag Solstad is dead. Solstad was dubbed several times as the Nordic region's leading prose writer and was also constantly recurring in the Nobel Prize speculations.

Norwegian author Dag Solstad has died

The Swedish Academy Awards Danish Poet

The Swedish Academy's Nordic prize for 2025 is awarded to the Danish poet and essayist Søren Ulrik Thomsen. With a prize amount of 400,000 kronor, it is the Academy's second-largest prize, after the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Swedish Academy Awards Danish Poet

The Johnny Bode Prize to the "Queen of Trash"

Bella Nilsson, also called "Queen of trash", receives the 2025 Johnny Bode Award, which is annually awarded to a public figure who has made a mess and caused trouble for themselves and their surroundings. .

The Johnny Bode Prize to the "Queen of Trash"

Peter Englund receives the Delblanc Prize

The author and academy member Peter Englund is awarded the 2025 Delblanc Prize. .

Peter Englund receives the Delblanc Prize

The Secrecy is Lifted on the Prize "that Ruined Everything"

The Nobel Prize to Academy members Harry Martinson and Eyvind Johnson became one of the most debated in history and had devastating consequences. Now, parts of the Academy's discussions in 1974 are being made public.

The Secrecy is Lifted on the Prize "that Ruined Everything"

This is what happens in 2025

Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington DC and Germany can get a new government. Sweden's women's football team plays the European Championship and the women's volleyball team gets the chance to participate in the World Championship for the first time.

This is what happens in 2025

They are praised by the Swedish Academy

The Swedish Academy has awarded several prizes at its ceremonial gathering. Among other things, Marie Lundquist receives Gerard Bonnier's prize of 300,000 kronor.

They are praised by the Swedish Academy

Tua Forsström Leaves the Swedish Academy

Tua Forsström is leaving the Swedish Academy after five years. Something that was agreed upon from the beginning.

Tua Forsström Leaves the Swedish Academy

Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"

He Kang took up the political unrest in South Korea directly at his press conference in Stockholm. Like many other South Koreans, I have been shocked by the recent days' events in my homeland, she says.

Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"

The Inquiry Investigator: The Government Must Explain Itself

The government's decision to dissolve the Renmark Committee – which has investigated sensitive issues of hunting rights in the mountains – receives sharp criticism from the committee's chairman Eric M Runesson. "Is it fear of contact that lies behind the government's actions? Or are alternative facts needed?", he writes on DN Debatt.

The Inquiry Investigator: The Government Must Explain Itself

The Nobel Laureate: "Thought it was a prank call"

He thought the call from the Swedish Academy was a prank call. This is what the Nobel laureate in literature says in her first interview since the announcement of the prize.

The Nobel Laureate: "Thought it was a prank call"

The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

Just in time for the autumn break, the Swedish Academy is giving poetry books to all of Sweden's middle schools. Older Swedish poems are paired with newly written ones in the anthology "Time for Poetry".

The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

Han Kang has kept herself away from the media since this year's Nobel Prize in literature was announced on Thursday. No one, except the Swedish Academy, has received a comment from this year's Nobel laureate in literature – until now.

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

Han Kang has kept a low profile with the media since this year's Nobel Prize in Literature was announced on Thursday. No one, apart from the Swedish Academy, has received a comment from this year's Nobel laureate in Literature – until now.

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

South Korea celebrates Han Kang's Nobel Prize

South Korea receives Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature as a welcome surprise, with pride and joy-filled emotions. .

South Korea celebrates Han Kang's Nobel Prize

Han Kang celebrates the Nobel Prize with tea in silence

The South Korean Nobel laureate Han Kang received the news that she had been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature when she had just had dinner with her son. It seemed to be a quiet day in Seoul.

Han Kang celebrates the Nobel Prize with tea in silence

The Translator: Fireworks Expected in South Korea

It will be greatly celebrated in South Korea on the occasion of Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature, believes Anders Karlsson, who has translated her books into Swedish. .

The Translator: Fireworks Expected in South Korea