Talk:2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
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List of nominees[edit]
The lists featured in the article are the authors speculated to possibly win the Nobel Prize in Literature based on online betting sites. Some authors were even revealed to have been officially nominated according to verified news agencies. Such lists are quite appropriate side by side with the official list of nominees to be revealed after 50 years, in observing predictions, and speculating deliberations and nominations. The list will be used in analysing who were the favourite authors to win a specific year and the authors shortlisted by the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee, and as to who were the authors who were officially nominated and the authors favoured to win despite not being nominated. The article will be a reference for literary critics and observers of the Nobel Prizes. For example, Annie Ernaux was favoured to win the 2021 prize based on the betting sites and surprisingly she won the following year. I have also created similar lists from 2009 to 2021 Nobel Prizes in Literature. Therefore, do not remove the lists. JB Hoang Tam (talk) 12:53, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
Nominees[edit]
Betting Odds Nominees[edit]
Before the announcement, Alexievich was tipped as the top favorite contender for the prize with which she was eventually awarded.[1] Among the strongest contenders for the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following authors:[2]
| Nominee | Country | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Svetlana Alexievich (b. 1948) |  Belarus
|
history, essays |
| Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) |  Japan
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) |  Kenya
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Jon Fosse (b. 1959) |  Norway
|
novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays |
| Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) |  United States
|
novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism |
| Philip Roth (1933–2018) | United States
|
novel, short story, memoirs, essays |
| Ko Un (b. 1933) |  South Korea
|
poetry |
| Peter Handke (b. 1942) |  Austria
|
novel, short story, drama, essay, translation, screenplay |
| Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021) |  Egypt
|
novel, short story, drama, memoirs, essays |
| Péter Nádas (b. 1942) |  Hungary
|
novel, drama, essays |
| John Banville (b. 1945) |  Ireland
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) |  Albania
|
novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) |  Somalia
|
novel, drama, short story, essays |
| Adunis (b. 1930) |  Syria
|
poetry, essays, translation |
| Anne Carson (b. 1950) |  Canada
|
poetry, essays |
| Don DeLillo (b. 1936) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
| László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954) | Hungary
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Cees Nooteboom (b. 1933) |  Netherlands
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays |
| Maryse Condé (b. 1937) |  France
|
novel, drama, essays |
| Amos Oz (1939–2018) |  Israel
|
novel, short story, essays |
| César Aira (b. 1949) |  Argentina
|
novel, essays, short story, translation |
| Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021) |  Poland
|
poetry, novel, essays, translation |
| Milan Kundera (b. 1929) |  Czech Republic France
|
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama |
| Claudio Magris (b. 1939) |  Italy
|
essays, translation, novel, short story |
| David Malouf (b. 1934) |  Australia
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, drama |
| Peter Carey (b. 1943) | Australia
|
novel, short story, essays, screenplay |
| Bob Dylan (b. 1941) | United States
|
poetry, songwriting |
| Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933) | United States
|
novel, drama, screenplay, short story |
| Lydia Davis (b. 1947) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943) | United States
|
novel, essays |
| Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) | United States
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) | United States
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays |
| Javier Marías (1950–2022) |  Spain
|
novel, short story, essays, translation |
| Mia Couto (b. 1955) |  Mozambique
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Abraham B. Yehoshua (1936–2022) | Israel
|
novel, short story, drama, essays |
| Bei Dao (b. 1949) |  China
|
poetry, short story, essays, memoirs |
| Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (b. 1943) | Spain
|
novel, short story, drama, essays |
| Eeva Kilpi (1928) |  Finland
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays |
| Enrique Vila-Matas (b. 1948) | Spain
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022) |  Philippines
|
novel, short story |
| Dacia Maraini (b. 1936) | Italy
|
novel, short story, drama |
| Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017) | Spain
|
novel, essay |
| Umberto Eco (1932–2016) | Italy
|
novel, philosophy, essays, literary criticism |
| Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968) | Norway
|
novel, autobiography |
| Michel Tournier (1924–2016) | France
|
novel, short story, autobiography, translation |
| Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958) |  Romania
|
novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays |
| Yan Lianke (b. 1958) | China
|
novel, short story |
| Juan Marsé (1933–2020) | Spain
|
novel, screenplay |
| Merethe Lindstrøm (b. 1963) | Norway
|
novel, short story |
| Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932–2017) |  Russia
|
poetry, novel, essays, drama, screenplay |
| Karel Schoeman (1939–2017) |  South Africa
|
novel, history, screenplay, autobiography, translation |
| Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021) | Norway
|
short story, novel |
| Yves Bonnefoy (1923−2016) | France
|
poetry, essay, translation, short story, history |
| Leonard Nolens (b. 1947) |  Belgium
|
poetry, autobiography |
| A. S. Byatt (b. 1936) |  United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, biography |
| Colm Tóibín (b. 1955) | Ireland
|
novel, short story, drama, essays, poetry, literary criticism |
| Les Murray (1938–2019) | Australia
|
poetry, novel, essays, literary criticism |
| Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) | Canada
|
novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Paul Muldoon (b. 1951) | Ireland
|
poetry, essays, literary criticism |
| Gerald Murnane (b. 1939) | Australia
|
novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoir |
| Hilary Mantel (1952–2022) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, memoir, essays |
| Ian McEwan (b. 1948) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, screenplay, drama |
| James Kelman (b. 1946) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, drama, essays, memoirs |
| Don Paterson (b. 1963) | United Kingdom
|
poetry, drama |
| Rohinton Mistry (b. 1952) |  India Canada
|
novel, short story |
| Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) | United Kingdom
|
novel, short story, essays, autobiography |
| Tom Stoppard (b. 1937) | United Kingdom
|
drama, screenplay |
| William Trevor (1928–2016) | Ireland
|
novel, drama, short story |
| E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015) | United States
|
novel, short story, drama, essays |
| George R. R. Martin (b. 1948) | United States
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Joan Didion (1934–2021) | United States
|
novel, essays, screenplay, drama |
| John Ashbery (1927–2017) | United States
|
poetry, essays, drama, translation |
| Richard Ford (b. 1944) | United States
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
| Antonio Muñoz Molina (b. 1956) | Spain
|
novel, essays |
| Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940) |  Iran
|
novel |
| Mikhail Shishkin (b. 1961) | Russia Switzerland
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Sergio Pitol (1933–2018) |  Mexico
|
novel, short story, essays |
| Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949) |  Croatia
|
novel, essays |
| Dag Solstad (b. 1941) | Norway
|
novel, short story, drama |
| Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943) | Russia
|
novel, short story, screenplay |
JB Hoang Tam (talk) 05:13, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ Alison Flood, Luke Harding and agencies (8 October 2015). "Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Alex Shephard (7 October 2015). "Who Will Win the Nobel Prize for Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 21 March 2021.