Current context: The Nobel Prize 2019 and 2018 in literature has been announced on 10th October 2019.
a. Olga Tokarczuk
b. Peter Handke
c. Margaret Drabble
d. Frédéric Beigbeder
- The Nobel Prize 2019 has been given to Austrian author Peter Handke and the Nobel Prize 2018 to Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk.
- Peter Handke was awarded the prize for his work that linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.
- "Short Letter, Long Farewell" and "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams" are some notable works of Handke.
- Olga Tokarczuk was awarded the prize for a narrative imagination that with encyclopaedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.
- "The Journey of the People of the Book, was her first novel and was released in 1993.
- Tokarczuk has also won Booker International Prize for her 2007 novel "Flights".
- Out of 116 literature laureates honoured since 1901, Tokarczuk is the 15th woman to have won the prestigious distinction.
- 2018 Nobel Prize in literature was delayed by a year following a scandal that included allegations of sexual misconduct.
Question:
Q.1 Who has won the Nobel Prize 2019 in Literature?a. Olga Tokarczuk
b. Peter Handke
c. Margaret Drabble
d. Frédéric Beigbeder
