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List of nominees

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The lists featured in the article are the authors speculated to possibly win the Nobel Prize in Literature based on online betting sites. Some authors were even revealed to have been officially nominated according to verified news agencies. Such lists are quite appropriate side by side with the official list of nominees to be revealed after 50 years, in observing predictions, and speculating deliberations and nominations. The list will be used in analysing who were the favourite authors to win a specific year and the authors shortlisted by the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee, and as to who were the authors who were officially nominated and the authors favoured to win despite not being nominated. The article will be a reference for literary critics and observers of the Nobel Prizes. For example, Annie Ernaux was favoured to win the 2021 prize based on the betting sites and surprisingly she won the following year. I have also created similar lists from 2009 to 2021 Nobel Prizes in Literature. Therefore, do not remove the lists. JB Hoang Tam (talk) 12:51, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nominees

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Betting Odds Nominees

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Israeli author Amos Oz was tipped as the favorite (4/1) to win the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature according to online betting odds.[1][2]

Among the strongest contenders to win the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following:[3][4][5]

Contenders based on Nicer Odds and Ladbrokes
Nominee Country Genre(s)
Amos Oz (1939–2018)  Israel novel, short story, essays
Assia Djebar (1936–2018)  Algeria novel, essays, screenplay, translation
Luis Goytisolo (b. 1935)  Spain novel, short story
Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)  United States novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism
Philip Roth (1933–2018)  United States novel, short story, memoirs, essays
Adunis (b. 1930)  Syria poetry, essays, translation
Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012)  Italy short story, essays, literary criticism, translation
Claudio Magris (b. 1939)  Italy essays, translation, novel, short story
Haruki Murakami (b. 1949)  Japan novel, short story, essays
Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937)  United States novel, short story, essays
Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015)  Sweden poetry, essays
Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011)  Czech Republic novel, short story, drama, screenplay
Atiq Rahimi (b. 1962)  Afghanistan novel, screenplay
Don DeLillo (b. 1936)  United States novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
Ko Un (b. 1933)  South Korea poetry
Les Murray (1938–2019)  Australia poetry, novel, essays, literary criticism
Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936)  Peru novel, short story, essay, drama, memoirs
Yves Bonnefoy (1923−2016)  France poetry, essay, translation, short story, history
Cees Nooteboom (b. 1933)  Netherlands novel, short story, poetry, essays
Peter Handke (b. 1942)  Austria novel, short story, drama, essay, translation, screenplay
Alice Munro (b. 1931)  Canada short story
Bob Dylan (b. 1941)  United States poetry, songwriting
Juan Marsé (1933–2020)  Spain novel, screenplay
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)  Canada novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938)  Kenya novel, drama, short story, essays
Abraham B. Yehoshua (1936–2022)  Israel novel, short story, drama, essays
A. S. Byatt (b. 1936)  United Kingdom novel, short story, essays, biography
Bei Dao (b. 1949)  China poetry, short story, essays, memoirs
Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012)  Mexico novel, short story, essays, drama, screenplay
Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)  Nigeria novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism
Gitta Sereny (1921–2012)  Austria
 United Kingdom
biography, history
Herta Müller (b. 1953)  Romania
 Germany
novel, short story, poetry, essay
Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016)  India novel, short story, biography
Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943)  Canada
 Sri Lanka
novel, poetry, literary criticism, screenplay
Milan Kundera (b. 1929)  Czech Republic
 France
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama
Vassilis Alexakis (1943–2021)  Greece novel, translation
Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021)  Poland poetry, novel, essays, translation
E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015)  United States novel, short story, essays
Harry Mulisch (1927–2010)  Netherlands novel, short story, drama, essays, poetry, philosophy
Peter Carey (b. 1943)  Australia novel, short story, essays, screenplay
Umberto Eco (1932–2016)  Italy novel, philosophy, essays, literary criticism
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)  United Kingdom
 India
novel, short story, essays, autobiography
Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010)  United Kingdom novel, short story, essays
Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933)  United States novel, drama, screenplay, short story
David Malouf (b. 1934)  Australia novel, short story, poetry, essays, drama
Eeva Kilpi (1928)  Finland novel, short story, poetry, essays
Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020)  Nicaragua theology, essays, poetry
Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022)  Philippines novel, short story
Ian McEwan (b. 1948)  United Kingdom novel, short story, screenplay, drama
John Banville (b. 1945)  Ireland novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
Jonathan Littell (b. 1967)  United States
 France
novel, short story
Julian Barnes (b. 1946)  United Kingdom novel, essay, memoirs, short story
Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021)  Norway novel, short story
Marge Piercy (b. 1936)  United States poetry, novel, short story, essays, memoir
Mary Gordon (b. 1949)  United States novel, short story, memoirs, essays, biography
Maya Angelou (1928–2014)  United States autobiography, poetry, essays, screenplay
Michel Tournier (1924–2016)  France novel, short story, autobiography, translation
Patrick Modiano (b. 1945)  France novel, screenplay
Paul Auster (b. 1947)  United States novel, short story, essays, memoirs, poetry, screenplay, translation
Rosalind Belben (b. 1941)  United Kingdom novel
William H. Gass (1924–2017)  United States novel, short story, essays, literary criticism, philosophy
Franck Étienne (b. 1936)  Haiti novel, poetry, drama, songwriting
André Glucksmann (1937–2015)  France philosophy

JB Hoang Tam (talk) 05:19, 13 October 2022 (UTC) [reply]

References

  1. ^ Simon Johnson (2 October 2009). "Amos Oz heads field of Nobel literature candidates". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ Alison Flood (23 September 2009). "Amos Oz is bookie's favourite for Nobel". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ William Skidelsky (27 September 2009). "Odds on for the Nobel prize for Literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Nobel Prize Odds: Oz, an American, or Eco?". The New Yorker. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Who will win the Nobel prize for literature?". CTV News. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2022.