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Radically Incomplete

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I am not into writing or editing wikipedia articles, but this one seems to fall really short. I feel a bit hypocritical here for not doing it myself, but I have never written or edited a Wikipedia article. Yet I understand and appreciate that there are people who are really into it. The story of Dylan’s being awarded the prize and then not showing up for the ceremony, but then later working it out deserves a more in-depth retelling. 2600:1702:1A1:7A0:6C9C:CCCB:9C4B:45B1 (talk) 05:04, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of nominees

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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) 12:58, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nominees

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Betting Odds Nominees

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Celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami was named as the top favorite (4/1) to the win the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature according to the Ladbrokes.[1]

Among the strongest contenders for the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following:[1][2]

Contenders based on Nicer Odds and Ladbrokes
Nominee Country Genre(s)
Haruki Murakami (b. 1949)  Japan novel, short story, essays
Adunis (b. 1930)  Syria poetry, essays, translation
Philip Roth (1933–2018)  United States novel, short story, memoirs, essays
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938)  Kenya novel, drama, short story, essays
Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)  United States novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism
Ismail Kadare (b. 1936)  Albania novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story
Javier Marías (1950–2022)  Spain novel, short story, essays, translation
Jon Fosse (b. 1959)  Norway novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays
Ko Un (b. 1933)  South Korea poetry
John Banville (b. 1945)  Ireland novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954)  Hungary novel, short story, screenplay
César Aira (b. 1949)  Argentina novel, essays, short story, translation
António Lobo Antunes (b. 1942)  Portugal novel, short story
Peter Handke (b. 1942)  Austria novel, short story, drama, essay, translation, screenplay
Péter Nádas (b. 1942)  Hungary novel, drama, essays
Amos Oz (1939–2018)  Israel novel, short story, essays
Abraham B. Yehoshua (1936–2022)  Israel novel, short story, drama, essays
Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021)  Poland poetry, novel, essays, translation
Doris Kareva (b. 1958)  Estonia poetry, translation
Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958)  Romania novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays
Juan Marsé (1933–2020)  Spain novel, screenplay
Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021)  Norway short story, novel
Claudio Magris (b. 1939)  Italy essays, translation, novel, short story
Milan Kundera (b. 1929)  Czech Republic
 France
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama
Bob Dylan (b. 1941)  United States poetry, songwriting
Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943)  United States novel, essays
Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937)  United States novel, short story, essays
Lydia Davis (b. 1947)  United States novel, short story, essays, translation
Les Murray (1938–2019)  Australia poetry, novel, essays, literary criticism
Gerald Murnane (b. 1939)  Australia novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoir
Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021)  Egypt novel, short story, drama, memoirs, essays
Cees Nooteboom (b. 1933)  Netherlands novel, short story, poetry, essays
Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021)  Estonia poetry, essays, philosophy, translation
Leonard Nolens (b. 1947)  Belgium poetry, autobiography
Jussi Adler-Olsen (b. 1950)  Denmark novel, drama
Olga Tokarczuk (b. 1962)  Poland novel, short story, poetry, essay, screenplay
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932–2017)  Russia poetry, novel, essays, drama, screenplay
William Trevor (1928–2016)  Ireland novel, drama, short story
Rohinton Mistry (b. 1952)  India
 Canada
novel, short story
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)  Canada novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism
Paul Muldoon (b. 1951)  Ireland poetry, essays, literary criticism
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)  United Kingdom novel, short story, essays, autobiography
Tom Stoppard (b. 1937)  United Kingdom drama, screenplay
Colm Tóibín (b. 1955)  Ireland novel, short story, drama, essays, poetry, literary criticism
Julian Barnes (b. 1946)  United Kingdom novel, essay, memoirs, short story
Richard Ford (b. 1944)  United States novel, short story, screenplay
Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933)  United States novel, drama, screenplay, short story
Joan Didion (1934–2021)  United States novel, essays, screenplay, drama
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)  United States novel, short story, poetry, essays
Don DeLillo (b. 1936)  United States novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
Enrique Vila-Matas (b. 1948)  Spain novel, short story, essays
Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968)  Norway novel, autobiography
David Malouf (b. 1934)  Australia novel, short story, poetry, essays, drama
Peter Carey (b. 1943)  Australia novel, short story, essays, screenplay
Karel Schoeman (1939–2017)  South Africa novel, history, screenplay, autobiography, translation
Yan Lianke (b. 1958)  China novel, short story
Bei Dao (b. 1949)  China poetry, short story, essays, memoirs
Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945)  Somalia novel, drama, short story, essays
Dacia Maraini (b. 1936)  Italy novel, short story, drama
Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017)  Spain novel, essay
Mia Couto (b. 1955)  Mozambique novel, short story, essays
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (b. 1943)  Spain novel, short story, drama, essays
Don Paterson (b. 1963)  United Kingdom poetry, drama
A. S. Byatt (b. 1936)  United Kingdom novel, short story, essays, biography
James Kelman (b. 1946)  United Kingdom novel, short story, drama, essays, memoirs
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022)  United Kingdom novel, short story, memoir, essays
John Ashbery (1927–2017)  United States poetry, essays, drama, translation
Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022)  Philippines novel, short story
Charles Portis (1933–2020)  United States novel, short story
Elena Ferrante (b. 1943)  Italy novel
Antonio Muñoz Molina (b. 1956)  Spain novel, essays
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940)  Iran novel
Alaa Al Aswany (b. 1957)  Egypt novel, short story, essays
Giwi Margwelaschwili (1927–2020)  Georgia novel, philosophy, essays, literary criticism
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

JB Hoang Tam (talk) 05:10, 13 October 2022 (UTC) [reply]

References

  1. ^ a b Alison Flood (6 October 2016). "Haruki Murakami named 4/1 favourite to win 2016 Nobel prize in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ Alex Shephard (6 October 2016). "Who Will Win the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 21 March 2021.