Video: Bookmakers have included Pelevin in the list of candidates for the Nobel Prize
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Russian writer Viktor Pelevin is included in the list of candidates for the Nobel Prize by British bookmakers. Experts estimate his chances at 50/1.
Among the favorites for the Nobel Prize in Literature were poet Mircea Carterescu from Romania (20/1), writer Haruki Murakami from Japan (16/1), Peter Nadash from Hungary (12/1) and American Thomas Pynchon (10/1) …
The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko also entered the list of their Russians - bookmakers estimate his chances at 80/1. The same chances are with the British writer Julian Barnes, who in 2011 was shortlisted for another significant literary award - the British Booker.
The list of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature also includes Humberto Eco (50/1), Ian McEwan (40/1), Milan Kundera (33/1), Philip Roth (25/1), Cormac McCarthy (25/1) and other writers. The minimum odds, according to the bookmakers, Bob Dylan has - 100/1.
The Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate will be named in early October (the exact date has not been announced). The names of the finalists are also kept secret by the Swedish Academy.
Recall that last year the Nobel Prize was awarded to the prose writer and playwright from Peru Mario Vargas Llosa.
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