Nobel prize in literature 2026 live: winner to be announced shortly
Bookies’ favourites include Canadian poet Anne Carson, Chinese experimental writer Can Xue and Japanese writer Haruki MurakamiPossible contender: Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie’s name is often thrown into the mix of potential...
By Ella Creamer, Philip Oltermann, Emma Loffhagen and Molly Bennett · The Guardian Culture
Bookies’ favourites include Canadian poet Anne Carson, Chinese experimental writer Can Xue and Japanese writer Haruki Murakami Possible contender: Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie’s name is often thrown into the mix of potential Nobel winners – a familiar figure on a list that can often skew towards the esoteric. His fiction, which blends history, myth, politics and magical realism, has made him one of the most internationally influential writers of his generation. Continue reading...