Stockholm, Oct 6, 2026 (AFP) - Chinese, Caribbean women among contenders for Nobel literature prize

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2026-10-06

This year's Nobel literature prize could go to a Chinese or a Caribbean woman when it is awarded later this week, literary critics say, in a bid to diversify an award that has most often gone to Western male authors. There is no public shortlist for the Nobel, and with the deliberations of the Swedish Academy that awards the prize and the list of nominees remaining sealed for 50 years, Stockholm's literary circles engage in frantic guessing ahead......

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