Nobel prize in literature 2025 as it happened: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

<p>This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/09/laszlo-krasznahorkai-wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2025">László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature</a></p></li></ul><p>Doris Lessing’s infamous reaction to winning the Nobel in 2007 is always worth a rewatch …</p><p>Trying to detect patterns into the list of past Nobel laureates may be a fools’ game, and yet it would be a surprise if this year’s winner is a woman. While the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has emphatically rejected the idea of gender quotas, for the last 10 years it has in fact been quite careful to achieve parity, with five male and five female winners since 2015. Ever since 2018, it has gone about achieving this in the most failsafe manner, by alternating between female and male authors. And after <strong>Han Kang</strong> in 2024, that would mean it’s a man’s turn again today.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2025/oct/09/nobel-prize-in-literature-2025-live">Continue reading...</a>