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List of nominees

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The lists featured in the article are the authors speculated to possibly win the Nobel Prize in Literature based on online betting sites. Some authors were even revealed to have been officially nominated according to verified news agencies. Such lists are quite appropriate side by side with the official list of nominees to be revealed after 50 years, in observing predictions, and speculating deliberations and nominations. The list will be used in analysing who were the favourite authors to win a specific year and the authors shortlisted by the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee, and as to who were the authors who were officially nominated and the authors favoured to win despite not being nominated. The article will be a reference for literary critics and observers of the Nobel Prizes. For example, Annie Ernaux was favoured to win the 2021 prize based on the betting sites and surprisingly she won the following year. I have also created similar lists from 2009 to 2021 Nobel Prizes in Literature. Therefore, do not remove the lists. JB Hoang Tam (talk) 13:07, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nominees

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Betting Odds Nominees

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Guadeloupian author Maryse Condé was tipped as the favorite (4/1) at the bookmakers odds to win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was the recipient of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature.

Among the strongest contenders for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature were the following authors:[1][2]

Contenders based on Nicer Odds and Ladbrokes
Nominee Country Genre(s)
Maryse Condé (b. 1937)  France novel, drama, essays
Lyudmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943)  Russia novel, short story, screenplay
Haruki Murakami (b. 1949)  Japan novel, short story, essays
Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)  Canada novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938)  Kenya novel, drama, short story, essays
Anne Carson (b. 1950)  Canada poetry, essays
Javier Marías (1950–2022)  Spain novel, short story, essays, translation
Ko Un (b. 1933)  South Korea poetry
Yan Lianke (b. 1958)  China novel, short story
Annie Ernaux (b. 1940)  France novel, memoir, autobiography
Can Xue (b. 1953)  China novel, short story, literary criticism
Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933)  United States novel, drama, screenplay, short story
Don DeLillo (b. 1936)  United States novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays
Marilynne Robinson (b. 1943)  United States novel, essays
Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949)  Antigua and Barbuda
 United States
novel, essays, short story
Yu Hua (b. 1960)  China novel, short story, essays
Edna O'Brien (b. 1930)  Ireland novel, memoir, drama, poetry, short story
Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021)  Germany poetry, drama
Charles Simic (1938–2023)  Serbia
 United States
poetry, essays
Jon Fosse (b. 1959)  Norway novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays
Louise Glück (b. 1943)  United States poetry, essays
Scholastique Mukasonga (b. 1956)  Rwanda
 France
novel, short story, memoir
Botho Strauss (b. 1944)  Germany drama, novel, essays
Homero Aridjis (b. 1940)  Mexico poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays
William T. Vollmann (b. 1959)  United States novel, short story, essays
Hilary Mantel (1952–2022)  United Kingdom novel, short story, memoir, essays
Karl Ove Knausgård (b.1968)  Norway novel, autobiography
Linton Kwesi Johnson (b. 1952)  Jamaica
 United Kingdom
poetry, songwriting
Michel Houellebecq (b. 1956)  France novel, poetry, essays
Milan Kundera (b. 1929)  Czech Republic
 France
novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama
László Krasznahorkai (b. 1954)  Hungary novel, short story, screenplay
Stephen King (b. 1947)  United States novel, short story, essays
Richard Osman (b. 1970)  United Kingdom essays, novel
Mircea Cărtărescu (b. 1958)  Romania novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays
Ismail Kadare (b. 1936)  Albania novel, poetry, essays, drama, screenplay, short story
Péter Nádas (b. 1942)  Hungary novel, drama, essays
Sally Rooney (b. 1991)  Ireland novel, short story, poetry, essays, screenplay
Elena Ferrante (b. 1943)  Italy novel
Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)  United Kingdom novel, short story, essays, autobiography
Ian McEwan (b. 1948)  United Kingdom novel, short story, screenplay, drama
Martin Amis (b. 1949)  United Kingdom novel, essays, memoir, screenplay
Julian Barnes (b. 1946)  United Kingdom novel, essay, memoirs, short story
Tom Stoppard (b. 1937)  United Kingdom drama, screenplay
Richard Ford (b. 1944)  United States novel, short story, screenplay
Joan Didion (1934–2021)  United States novel, essays, screenplay, drama
Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)  United States novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism
Dave Eggers (b. 1970)  United States novel, short story, essays, memoirs
Adunis (b. 1930)  Syria poetry, essays, translation
Mia Couto (b. 1955)  Mozambique novel, short story, essays
Ibrahim Kuni (b. 1948)  Libya novel
Sonallah Ibrahim (b. 1937)  Egypt novel, short story
Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945)  Somalia novel, drama, short story, essays
Hoda Barakat (b. 1952)  Lebanon novel, drama, short story, memoirs
Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022)  Philippines novel, short story
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (b. 1940)  Iran novel
Dương Thu Hương (b. 1947)  Vietnam novel, essays
Ayi Kwei Armah (b. 1939)  Ghana novel, short story, poetry, essays
Lorna Goodison (b. 1947)  Jamaica poetry, short story, memoirs, essays
Alain Mabanckou (b. 1966)  Republic of Congo novel, poetry, essays
Ama Ata Aidoo (b. 1942)  Ghana novel, short story, poetry, drama
Bảo Ninh (b. 1952)  Vietnam novel, short story, essays
Emmanuel Dongala (b. 1941)  Republic of Congo novel, drama
Etel Adnan (1925–2021)  Lebanon
 United States
poetry, essays
Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021)  Egypt novel, short story, drama, memoirs, essays
Jürgen Habermas (b. 1929)  Germany philosophy
Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947)  United States philosophy

JB Hoang Tam (talk) 04:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC) [reply]

References

  1. ^ Emily Temple. Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. 7 October 2020. lithub.com
  2. ^ Alex Shephard (6 October 2020). "Who Will Win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature?". The New Republic. Retrieved 21 May 2021.