Whilst it seems rather undignified to bet on something like the Nobel prize for literature, as all literary prizes are a bit of a lottery I shouldn’t really be surprised. So, as we enter the final straight toward’s the announcement of the winner on Thursday (BST), latest figures put out…
Book Review: Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
I’m not sure if it was all the attention on Haruki Murakami in the lead-up to the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature (which in the end went to the wonderful Canadian story-teller, Alice Munro, more about that later) but I’ve been on a bit of a Japanese roll…
Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Mo Yan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first time a Chinese author has won. Yan first came to world attention with his highly acclaimed book Red Sorghum which was later made into a film. Mo Yan is a pen name meaning “don’t speak”.
Haruki Murakami favourite in Nobel Prize race
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has emerged as favourite in the 2012 race to the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature with the bookies Ladbrokes quoting odds of 10/1. Not far behind, at 12/1, are Chinese author Mo Yan (actually a pen name for renowned dissident author Guan Moye, it translates as Don’t Speak)…