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Tag: Swedish Academy

World

Understanding Post-Soviet Tyranny, in Order to Fight It

October 11, 2025Neil MacFarquhar and Milana MazaevaComments Off on Understanding Post-Soviet Tyranny, in Order to Fight It

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.

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She Studies the Russian ‘Red Man’ Whose Bloody War Evokes Soviet Tyranny

October 11, 2025October 11, 2025Neil MacFarquhar and Milana MazaevaComments Off on She Studies the Russian ‘Red Man’ Whose Bloody War Evokes Soviet Tyranny

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.

World

Chemistry Nobel Prize Revealed in Media Hours Early

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023Aaron Boxerman and Emma BubolaComments Off on Chemistry Nobel Prize Revealed in Media Hours Early

Some Swedish news outlets correctly reported the laureates’ names even before the choice was formally signed off, according to the academy that awards the prize.

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Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work Exploring Quantum Weirdness

October 4, 2022October 5, 2022DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work Exploring Quantum Weirdness

Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger were recognized for their experiments in an area that has broad implications for secure information transfer and quantum computing.

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One Woman Won a Nobel This Year. Quotas Aren’t the Answer, an Official Says.

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021DERRICK BRYSON TAYLORComments Off on One Woman Won a Nobel This Year. Quotas Aren’t the Answer, an Official Says.

Only one of the 13 laureates this year was a woman, but the head of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences dismissed the idea of guaranteeing representation.

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Nobel Prize in Literature: Read About Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Books

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021Joumana KhatibComments Off on Nobel Prize in Literature: Read About Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Books

Gurnah, the author of 10 novels, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Here are The Times’s reviews of his work.

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Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

October 7, 2021October 8, 2021ALEX MARSHALLComments Off on Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

The Tanzanian writer, the first Black winner since Toni Morrison, was honored for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism.”

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Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019ALEX MARSHALLComments Off on Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature

The 2018 and 2019 laureates were named at the same time because last year’s prize was postponed over a scandal involving a husband of an academy member.

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