Question: Which one of the following has been given the Noble Prize of 2019 in Literature?
(a) Peter Handke
(b) Olga Tokarczuk
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On October 10, 2019, The Nobel Prize announcement was made at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
- This time, the winners were named for both 2019 and 2018, as the prize was not awarded in 2018. The Swedish academy had suspended the prize in 2018 following a sexual assault scandal.
Awardee 2019:
- The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 has been awarded to Peter Handke for his influential work that explores the specificity of human experience.
Awardee 2018:
• The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 was awarded to Olga Tokarczuk for her narrative imagination that represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.
Links:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes-in-literature
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/press-literature2018-2019.pdf