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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) 13:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nominees

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Betting Odds Nominees

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French author Annie Ernaux was tipped as the favorite (8/1) together with Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o at the bookmakers odds to win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1]

Before the official announcement, Abdulrazak Gurnah was never mentioned as a possible front runner like Japanese-born British Kazuo Ishiguro in 2017.[2] Among the strongest contenders for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following authors:[3][4][1][5]

Contenders based on Nicer Odds and Ladbrokes
Nominee Country Genre(s)
Annie Ernaux (b. 1940)  France novel, memoir, autobiography
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938)  Kenya novel, drama, short story, essays
Haruki Murakami (b. 1949)  Japan novel, short story, essays
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)  Canada novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism
Anne Carson (b. 1950)  Canada poetry, essays
Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949)  Antigua and Barbuda
 United States
novel, essays, short story
Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943)  Russia novel, short story, screenplay
Maryse Condé (b. 1937)  France novel, drama, essays
Péter Nádas (b. 1942)  Hungary novel, drama, essays
Jon Fosse (b. 1959)  Norway novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays
Don DeLillo (b. 1936)  United States novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949)  Croatia novel, essays
Hélène Cixous (b. 1937)  France essays, literary criticism, philosophy, drama, poetry
Javier Marías (1950–2022)  Spain novel, short story, essays, translation
Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958)  Romania novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays
Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945)  Somalia novel, drama, short story, essays
Can Xue (b. 1953)  China novel, short story, literary criticism
Mia Couto (b. 1955)  Mozambique novel, short story, essays
Michel Houellebecq (b. 1956)  France novel, poetry, essays
Yan Lianke (b. 1958)  China novel, short story
Charles Simic (1938–2023)  Serbia
 United States
poetry, essays
Edna O'Brien (b. 1930)  Ireland novel, memoir, drama, poetry, short story
Gerald Murnane (b. 1939)  Australia novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoir
Homero Aridjis (b. 1940)  Mexico poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays
Ivan Vladislavić (b. 1957)  South Africa novel, short story, essays
Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968)  Norway novel, autobiography
Scholastique Mukasonga (b. 1956)  Rwanda
 France
novel, short story, memoir
Xi Xi (1938–2022)  China novel, poetry, short story, essays
Botho Strauss (b. 1944)  Germany drama, novel, essays
Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933)  United States novel, drama, screenplay, short story
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022)  United Kingdom novel, short story, memoir, essays
Ko Un (b. 1933)  South Korea poetry
Linton Kwesi Johnson (b. 1952)  Jamaica
 United Kingdom
poetry, songwriting
Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943)  United States novel, essays
Yu Hua (b. 1960)  China novel, short story, essays
Zoë Wicomb (b. 1948)  South Africa novel, short story, essays, literary criticism
Martin Amis (b. 1949)  United Kingdom novel, essays, memoir, screenplay
Milan Kundera (b. 1929)  Czech Republic
 France
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)  United Kingdom novel, short story, essays, autobiography
Stephen King (b. 1947)  United States novel, short story, essays
William T. Vollmann (b. 1959)  United States novel, short story, essays
Richard Osman (b. 1970)  United Kingdom essays, novel
Ivan Klíma (b. 1931)  Czech Republic novel, drama, memoirs
Ismail Kadare (b. 1936)  Albania novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story
László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954)  Hungary novel, short story, screenplay
Sally Rooney (b. 1991)  Ireland novel, short story, poetry, essays, screenplay
Elena Ferrante (b. 1943)  Italy novel
Ian McEwan (b. 1948)  United Kingdom novel, short story, screenplay, drama
Julian Barnes (b. 1946)  United Kingdom novel, essay, memoirs, short story
Tom Stoppard (b. 1937)  United Kingdom drama, screenplay
David Mitchell (b. 1969)  United Kingdom novel, short story, screenplay
Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937)  United States novel, short story, essays
Joan Didion (1934–2021)  United States novel, essays, screenplay, drama
Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)  United States novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism
Francis Fukuyama (b. 1952)  United States essays, philosophy
Jonathan Franzen (b. 1959)  United States novel, short story, essays, translation
Dave Eggers (b. 1970)  United States novel, short story, essays, memoirs
Ibrahim Kuni (b. 1948)  Libya novel
Adunis (b. 1930)  Syria poetry, essays, translation
Sonallah Ibrahim (b. 1937)  Egypt novel, short story
Banana Yoshimoto (b. 1964)  Japan novel, short story, essays
Hoda Barakat (b. 1952)  Lebanon novel, drama, short story, memoirs
Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022)  Philippines novel, short story
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940)  Iran novel
Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947)  Vietnam novel, essays
Ayi Kwei Armah (b. 1939)  Ghana novel, short story, poetry, essays
Alain Mabanckou (b. 1966)  Republic of Congo novel, poetry, essays
Ama Ata Aidoo (b. 1942)  Ghana novel, short story, poetry, drama
Bảo Ninh (b. 1952)  Vietnam novel, short story, essays
Emmanuel Dongala (b. 1941)  Republic of Congo novel, drama
Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947)  United States philosophy
Colson Whitehead (b. 1969)  United States novel, history, short story, essays
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie[6] (b. 1977)  Nigeria novel, short story, essays
Vikram Seth[6] (b. 1952)  India novel, poetry, essays
Liao Yiwu[6] (b. 1958)  China poetry, essays

Official Nominees

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Despite the rule of keeping the nominations secret for 50 years, a number of literary organizations and academies announces publicly their favored nominees.[7] The following list were the authors nominated formally for the 2021 prize:

Contenders based on verified News Agencies
Nominee Country Genre(s) Nominator(s)
Drago Jančar[8] (b. 1948)  Slovenia novel, short, drama, essays

JB Hoang Tam (talk) 04:53, 13 October 2022 (UTC) [reply]

References

  1. ^ a b Alison Flood (4 October 2021). "Nobel odds: Annie Ernaux is the favourite to win this year's prize for literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ Alex Shephard (7 October 2021). "Why Did Abdulrazak Gurnah Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Odds nicerodds.co.uk
  4. ^ Alex Shephard (6 October 2021). "Who Will Win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ Emily Temple. Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. 5 October 2021. lithub.com
  6. ^ a b c Dennis Erezi (5 October 2021). "Swedish literary critic fears Nigeria's Adichie is 'probably too young' for Nobel Prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Nobelarkivet". svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Drago Jančar nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature". The Slovenia Times. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.