Two Nobel Prizes for Literature have been awarded to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke.Tokarczuk received the award for the year 2018 and Handke for 2019.
The Swedish Academy said in a statement that Tokarcuzk was awarded the prize "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."The same statement said that Handke was awarded the prize "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."Last years award was not handed out due to a protracted scandal involving allegations of sexual abuse and financial misconduct.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2019 is awarded to the Austrian author Peter Handke.#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/CeKNz1oTSB
The Swedish Academy said in a statement that Tokarcuzk was awarded the prize "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."The same statement said that Handke was awarded the prize "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."Last years award was not handed out due to a protracted scandal involving allegations of sexual abuse and financial misconduct.