Polish, Austrian authors win Nobel Prize for Literature
Thursday - October 10, 2019 4:48 pm ,
Category : ART & LITERATURE
Stockholm, Oct 10 (IANS) Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria's Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, it was announced on Thursday.Two winners were named - one for 2019 and one for 2018 - because last year's prize was not awarded, reports the BBC.The Swedish Academy, which oversees the prestigious award, suspended it last year after a sexual assault scandal.Tokarczuk, who also won the Man Booker International Prize last year, was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize, with this year's Nobel going to Handke.
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