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

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

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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 Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

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The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

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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"

Han Kang celebrates the Nobel Prize with tea in silence

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Han Kang celebrates the Nobel Prize with tea in silence

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

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

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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

Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

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Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

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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.

A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

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A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

The question of a Swedish cultural canon has been driven by the Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats, and in the Tidö Agreement, the government and the Sweden Democrats decided that expert groups within different areas should develop one.