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The Government: This is What Children Should Read in School

From Astrid Lindgren's classics to contemporary authors such as Nora Khalil and Ann-Helén Laestadius. Now, the National Agency for Education and the Arts Council are presenting the reading lists with 250 works of fiction that have been developed to support teachers.

The Government: This is What Children Should Read in School

She Dares to Point Out Ukraine's Blind Spots

Russia's invasion made Ukrainian Sofia Andruchovytj want to piece together her homeland's fragmented history. In the epic "Amadoka", she exposes some of Ukraine's darkest taboos and traumas.

She Dares to Point Out Ukraine's Blind Spots

International Authors Boycott Israel

More than 1,000 literarily active individuals, including international authors such as Sally Rooney, and Nobel laureates like Abdulrazak Gurnah and Annie Ernaux, are participating in a boycott against Israeli cultural institutions, reports the newspaper Haaretz. .

International Authors Boycott Israel

Han Kang receives the Nobel Prize: "In the midst of her life's work"

Han Kang is awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the first South Korean author to be awarded the prize by the Swedish Academy – and one of the youngest at 53 years old.

Han Kang receives the Nobel Prize: "In the midst of her life's work"

Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

Chinese Can Xue, Australian Gerald Murnane, or perhaps Jamaica Kincaid, born and raised in Antigua? Today at 1 pm, this year's Nobel laureate in literature will be announced. .

Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

Will Chinese author Can Xue Get This Year's Nobel Prize?

Is it the Chinese author Can Xue's turn this year? A woman who is not from Europe or the USA is likely to be well-positioned. So go the speculations ahead of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.

Will Chinese author Can Xue Get This Year's Nobel Prize?

Nine Books You Want to Read This Fall

A tribute to war-torn Kharkiv, a family chronicle on an eternal beach and French-Algerian memories of a father. Here are nine books to take the time for this autumn.

Nine Books You Want to Read This Fall