Nobel Prize For Literature
The intimacy of Toni Morrison
A new documentary examines the ‘Beloved’ author’s wider political and artistic signficance
Dear Toni, thank you for seeing us
"Her literary contributions relentlessly acknowledged, humanised and canonised the many variations of black femmehood"
Nobel literature prize postponed over sexual misconduct scandal
The foundation said the reason had to do with a crisis within the Swedish Academy, the institution that is responsible for selecting the award winner
Redefining literature
Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize for literature speech was read by Azita Raji, the United States ambassador to Sweden
Death of an anarchist
Dario Fo – actor, director, playwright, singer, activist, jester and satirist – exposed abusive systems of power
Are Dylan’s songs ‘Literature’?
Should we make the printed page the standard of what counts as literature?
Blowin’ in the wind: How Nobel winner Bob Dylan rewrote history without a pen
The singer-songwriter has always stood for a craftsmanship and artistry that make his Nobel deserved and unsurprising.
‘Greatest living poet’ Bob Dylan wins Nobel literature prize
Regarded as the voice of a generation for his influential songs from the 1960s onwards, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in a surprise decision
Don DeLillo’s foresight in his undiminished works are a delight to read
SinceToni Morrison (1993), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1978) and Saul Bellow (1976), American authors have got short shrift from the Nobel.
Historian of emotions wins the Nobel
Belarussian Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel prize for literature for her thousands of oral histories that map the implosion of the Soviet Union.
The mark of Modiano
A trio of novellas by this year’s Nobel winner, Patrick Modiano, are bewilderingly inconclusive.
Nobel prize-winning author Doris Lessing dies
The Nobel Prize-winning British author Doris Lessing has died at the age of 94.
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Rosebank College is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education, which is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training.
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VUT chancellor, Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi, dies
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The university conferred the degree of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa on Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi for his outstanding leadership contributions to maths and science education development.
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