Nobel literature committee member Anna-Karin Palm said Han writes about “trauma, pain and loss,” whether individual or collective, “with the same compassion and care.” ...

The answer is: more people than you might think. The Nobel Prize is awarded in five categories—physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace—by committees who rely on nominations ...

The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed ...

Held in RK Narayan’s sleepy small town of Malgudi, the festival will feature some of the greatest writers ever – from William ...

On Feb. 11 1959, Dr. Philip S. Hench, recipient of a Nobel Prize in physiology, gave a talk at the Mayo Foundation House ...

The 17th edition of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature comes to an end on Monday in Dubai, reaffirming its place as ...

literature and peace awards. The Peace Prize announcement will be made on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, while all the others will be announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of ...

When Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, no one except her most intimate friends knew she also was making history as the first lesbian to ...

Nurturing Environmental Stewardship Wangari Maathai, who captured the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, was deeply connected to Kenya's luxurious forests. Her love for these natural landscapes incited her to ...

Han Kang became a celebrity last year when she won the Nobel Prize in literature. By contrast, Kyungha, the narrator of her new novel We Do Not Part, is a long way away from fame or fulfillment.

When the weather turns dreary, my mind tends to take a mental vacation . . . by planning a dream getaway. If you’re the same—or if you’re lucky enough to, you know, be planning an actual vacation—you ...