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Joyce Carol Oates defends Christopher Nolan after Emily Wilson criticizes The Odyssey script

Author Joyce Carol Oates defends "The Odyssey" director Christopher Nolan after Emily Wilson, the translator of "The Odyssey," criticized the film.

He receives the Nagler Prize – "in the service of literature"

For a life "in the service of literature", Ingemar Fasth is awarded this year's Nagler Prize. During his professional career, he has ensured that Swedish readers have been introduced to authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Han Kang and Patti Smith.

Who Will Win the Nobel Prize in Literature This Year

Last year, Australian Alexis Wright rushed up the betting lists and this year Indian Amitav Ghosh suddenly ends up high up. But will it be any of the favorite-tipped ones who get the Nobel Prize in literature?

Nobel Prize Predictions: Mukasonga and Springsteen Among Authors' Picks

If the authors themselves get to choose this year's Nobel Prize winners, it goes to old favorites like Joyce Carol Oates and Don DeLillo. But among the proposals to TT are also Scholastique Mukasonga and Bruce Springsteen.

Gothenburg Book Fair Opens Amid Gaza Controversy

The Book Fair created headlines already before the opening. At the same time, the fair welcomes debate around, among other things, the war in Gaza, according to the fair manager Oskar Ekström. The Book Fair must have room for a lot, he says.

New Book Fair CEO Aims to Engage More Young Readers

A record number of international guests, 50 seminars on love and a stage with Nordic and Baltic drama – this is what this year's book fair in Gothenburg will be like. We will get a global perspective on our time, promises its new head Oskar Ekström.

She receives the Book Fair's Honorary Award

The Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is coming to Sweden in September to receive the Book Fair's honorary award Sjöjungfrun, writes Dagens Nyheter.

This year's book fair: "A statement of strength for literature"

The audience flocked to this year's book fair, the queues wound their way long and book sales exceeded many publishers' expectations. There is no crisis atmosphere here, says Frida Edman, responsible for the Book Fair.

Joyce Carol Oates awarded by the Book Fair: Exquisite

Criticism at the Fair: "Facing Language Collapse"

The Sami literature is one of the main themes of the year at the Book Fair. At the same time, the government has cut down on the allocations to the Sami language work. But we have announced that we will allocate funds to the language centers, says Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (The Moderate Party).

Oates: The Story is Drenched in Tragedy

86 years old – but with an equally untiring gaze on violence, oppression, class and sex – Joyce Carol Oates is current with the novel "Snitt". She is coming to the Book Fair to receive a new prize.

After 40 years: The Book Fair highlights Sami literature

For the first time, the Book Fair has Sami literature as its theme. Among the authors, Fredrik Prost stands out, who refuses to let his book be translated into languages other than Sami. I wish there were more like him, says colleague Elin Anna Labba.