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Nobel laureate László Krasznahorkai exits Fólio2025 due to ill health

The newly crowned Noble Literature Prize winner, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, has been forced to withdraw from the Fólio 2025 literary festival due to unspecified health reasons.

18/10/2025

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Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has been chosen as the winner “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” Susan Sontag previously described the author as “the contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse.”

09/10/2025

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Peruvian author and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89

Llosa was a prolific author and essayist with several celebrated novels including “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat.” He also won myriad awards, including the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature.

14/04/2025

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Euronews Culture Book Club: Four picks for February

Here are our four top recommendations to read this month.

07/02/2025

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Love reading? Euronews Culture's guide to the books of 2025

Whether you want to start or can't stop reading there's sure to be a title that tickles your fancy in our carefully curated guide to books due out in 2025.

07/01/2025

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Nobel Prize winning authors demand release of writer Boualem Sansal

Multiple Nobel Prize-winning authors have signed a petition to demand the release of Algerian writer Boualem Sansal.

26/11/2024

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Han Kang: A guide to the Nobel Prize winning author

As South Korean author Han Kang becomes the 18th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, here's a guide to her work.

10/10/2024

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South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The author of "The Vegetarian" and "The White Book" wins this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. She becomes only the 18th woman to win the prize.

10/10/2024

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Who's predicted to win?

Every year, the bookies odds predict who might pick up the highest prize in literature. Every year, they're completely wrong.

09/10/2024

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Inside an old Madrid bank vault full of literary treasures

In the depths of the Caryatid Building in Madrid is a vault containing some of the greatest treasures of Spanish literature.

28/05/2024

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BookTok: A reading revolution or "the end of the world"?

#BookTok is one of the most popular trends on TikTok, but how is it changing the way people actually read?

18/01/2024

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Culture Re-View: Remembering Beatrix Potter and Samuel Beckett

22 December: Two notable literary deaths.

22/12/2023

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Jon Fosse: a guide to the Nobel Prize winning author

Norwegian writer Jon Fosse is the newest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He's a heavyweight in the realm of storytelling but far from a household name in the English speaking world. That may be about to change.

06/10/2023

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Who will win this year's Nobel Prize in Literature?

We run through the bookies' odds for who's likely to win one of the world's most prestigious awards in literature.

04/10/2023

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Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro's next book is one for music lovers

Kazuo Ishiguro's next book will be one for music lovers...

15/09/2023

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Murakami has a new book out: Here's why you should care

Haruki Murakami's new book ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’ has been released in Japan. We look back at what makes the writer so unique.

13/04/2023