Talk:2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Radically Incomplete[edit]
I am not into writing or editing wikipedia articles, but this one seems to fall really short. I feel a bit hypocritical here for not doing it myself, but I have never written or edited a Wikipedia article. Yet I understand and appreciate that there are people who are really into it. The story of Dylan’s being awarded the prize and then not showing up for the ceremony, but then later working it out deserves a more in-depth retelling. 2600:1702:1A1:7A0:6C9C:CCCB:9C4B:45B1 (talk) 05:04, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
List of nominees[edit]
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) 12:58, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Nominees[edit]
Betting Odds Nominees[edit]
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Among the strongest contenders for the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following:[1][2]
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) |  Japan
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Adunis (b. 1930) |  Syria
|
poetry, essays, translation |
| Philip Roth (1933–2018) |  United States
|
novel, short story, memoirs, essays |
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) |  Kenya
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) | United States
|
novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism |
| Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) |  Albania
|
novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Javier Marías (1950–2022) |  Spain
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Jon Fosse (b. 1959) |  Norway
|
novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays |
| Ko Un (b. 1933) |  South Korea
|
poetry |
| John Banville (b. 1945) |  Ireland
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954) |  Hungary
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| César Aira (b. 1949) |  Argentina
|
novel, essays, short story, translation |
| António Lobo Antunes (b. 1942) |  Portugal
|
novel, short story |
| Peter Handke (b. 1942) |  Austria
|
novel, short story, drama, essay, translation, screenplay |
| Péter Nádas (b. 1942) | Hungary
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Amos Oz (1939–2018) |  Israel
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Abraham B. Yehoshua (1936–2022) | Israel
|
novel, short story, drama, essays |
| Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021) |  Poland
|
poetry, novel, essays, translation |
| Doris Kareva (b. 1958) |  Estonia
|
poetry, translation |
| Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958) |  Romania
|
novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays |
| Juan Marsé (1933–2020) | Spain
|
novel, screenplay |
| Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021) | Norway
|
short story, novel |
| Claudio Magris (b. 1939) |  Italy
|
essays, translation, novel, short story |
| Milan Kundera (b. 1929) |  Czech Republic France
|
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama |
| Bob Dylan (b. 1941) | United States
|
poetry, songwriting |
| Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943) | United States
|
novel, essays |
| Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Lydia Davis (b. 1947) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Les Murray (1938–2019) |  Australia
|
poetry, novel, essays, literary criticism |
| Gerald Murnane (b. 1939) | Australia
|
novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoir |
| Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021) |  Egypt
|
novel, short story, drama, memoirs, essays |
| Cees Nooteboom (b. 1933) |  Netherlands
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays |
| Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021) | Estonia
|
poetry, essays, philosophy, translation |
| Leonard Nolens (b. 1947) |  Belgium
|
poetry, autobiography |
| Jussi Adler-Olsen (b. 1950) |  Denmark
|
novel, drama |
| Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962) | Poland
|
novel, short story, poetry, essay, screenplay |
| Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932–2017) |  Russia
|
poetry, novel, essays, drama, screenplay |
| William Trevor (1928–2016) | Ireland
|
novel, drama, short story |
| Rohinton Mistry (b. 1952) |  India Canada
|
novel, short story |
| Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) | Canada
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Paul Muldoon (b. 1951) | Ireland
|
poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) |  United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, autobiography |
| Tom Stoppard (b. 1937) | United Kingdom
|
drama, screenplay |
| Colm Tóibín (b. 1955) | Ireland
|
novel, short story, drama, essays, poetry, literary criticism |
| Julian Barnes (b. 1946) | United Kingdom
|
novel, essay, memoirs, short story |
| Richard Ford (b. 1944) | United States
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933) | United States
|
novel, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Joan Didion (1934–2021) | United States
|
novel, essays, screenplay, drama |
| Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) | United States
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays |
| Don DeLillo (b. 1936) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| Enrique Vila-Matas (b. 1948) | Spain
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968) | Norway
|
novel, autobiography |
| David Malouf (b. 1934) | Australia
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, drama |
| Peter Carey (b. 1943) | Australia
|
novel, short story, essays, screenplay |
| Karel Schoeman (1939–2017) |  South Africa
|
novel, history, screenplay, autobiography, translation |
| Yan Lianke (b. 1958) |  China
|
novel, short story |
| Bei Dao (b. 1949) | China
|
poetry, short story, essays, memoirs |
| Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) |  Somalia
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Dacia Maraini (b. 1936) | Italy
|
novel, short story, drama |
| Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017) | Spain
|
novel, essay |
| Mia Couto (b. 1955) |  Mozambique
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (b. 1943) | Spain
|
novel, short story, drama, essays |
| Don Paterson (b. 1963) | United Kingdom
|
poetry, drama |
| A. S. Byatt (b. 1936) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, biography |
| James Kelman (b. 1946) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, drama, essays, memoirs |
| Hilary Mantel (1952–2022) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, memoir, essays |
| John Ashbery (1927–2017) | United States
|
poetry, essays, drama, translation |
| Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022) |  Philippines
|
novel, short story |
| Charles Portis (1933–2020) | United States
|
novel, short story |
| Elena Ferrante (b. 1943) | Italy
|
novel |
| Antonio Muñoz Molina (b. 1956) | Spain
|
novel, essays |
| Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940) |  Iran
|
novel |
| Alaa Al Aswany (b. 1957) | Egypt
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Giwi Margwelaschwili (1927–2020) |  Georgia
|
novel, philosophy, essays, literary criticism |
| Sergio Pitol (1933–2018) |  Mexico
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949) |  Croatia
|
novel, essays |
| Dag Solstad (b. 1941) | Norway
|
novel, short story, drama |
JB Hoang Tam (talk) 05:10, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b Alison Flood (6 October 2016). "Haruki Murakami named 4/1 favourite to win 2016 Nobel prize in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Alex Shephard (6 October 2016). "Who Will Win the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 21 March 2021.