The favorites for the Nobel Literature: Haruki Murakami, Wa Thiong’o, Jon Fosse, Adonis, Philip Roth, Svetlana Alexievich
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The Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich, Japan’s Haruki Murakami and American classics as Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth dominate pre-Nobel for Literature, whose winner will be unveiled tomorrow forecasts. The Swedish Academy does not reveal stealth a clue about who considered for the award, but this does not prevent speculation become
Here are some of the issues and possible candidates for the 2015 award.
Women
Of the 107 Nobel prizes given so far, only 13 have been women. However, in recent years the figure has been increasing, and to choose for the first time a woman, Sara Danius, as the Swedish Academy permanent secretary has taken another historic step towards gender balance. If they were to choose a winner this year, Canadian Margaret Atwood or the Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi could be considered . Maria Schottenius, literary criticism of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, also mentioned Marie Darrieussecq French and American Marilynne Robinson as writers of great talent to which we must not lose sight.
Journalists
The background reports journalist Svetlana Alexievich on the political turmoil in Russia , along with his literary style, have become a favorite among critics for many years. The academy has never chosen a winner for their work (Gabriel García Márquez was a journalist before writing his novels), but Schottenius said they had set their sights on the Polish Ryszard Kapuscinski and possibly would have been if he had not died in 2007 . Besides Alexievich, Schottenius suggests that another winner could be Anglo-Dutch Ian Buruma , who qualifies as “charming” and a great thinker.
Favorite always
In 2007, at age 88, Doris Lessing became the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, which many believe should have received much earlier. Other favorites of critics have not been so lucky: last year two writers who used to be mentioned as favorites, Assia Djebar of Algeria and Turkey Yasar Kemal died. The former permanent secretary, Peter Englund, has acknowledged that the difficulty of the jurors is not to find a winner but worth choosing among so many talented writers. Among the favorites are listed year after year the poet Syrian Adonis 85, South Korean poet Ko Un 82 and American novelist Thomas Pynchon , 78, and Philip Roth , 82. Many say it is time to recognize the Indian-British author Salman Rushdie , 68 years, who imposed the supreme leader of Iran a fatwa (religious edit mandatory) in 1989 that claimed his murder.
Non-European
Although most The winners were European, academia usually try to broaden your perspective and consider authors from around the world. Schottenius said he expected several African writers are eventually rewarded, including “innovative” Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o and “charming” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from Nigeria who he wrote the acclaimed book Medium yellow sun and Americanah . Other hot names outside Europe are Jamaica Kincaid of Antigua and David Grossman of Israel .
betting
On Wednesday, one day before the announcement, Alexievich is the favorite in the list of the bookmaker Ladbrokes, followed by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami , Wa Thiong’o and the Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse . Although the academy has increased its efforts to prevent information leaks before the announcement, bettors sometimes you hit upon the winner. Last year soared in the days before the French gambling Patrick Modiano, who was the winner.
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