Literature Nobel: How Is Winner Chosen? Selection Panel Member Explains
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Swedish Academy makes final decision after a smaller group, Nobel Committee for Literature, sends recommendations from the nominations
On a day that the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 was announced -- French author Annie Ernaux was declared — a committee member explained how, to be chosen, a writer's work needs "that extra dimension" which is "very difficult to explain". This year's #NobelPrize laureate in literature Annie Ernaux has said that writing is a political act, opening our eyes for social inequality. For this purpose she uses language as “a knife”, as she calls it, to tear apart the veils of imagination. pic.twitter.com/TQm6rxjvMp
"The romantics call it 'a divine spark'," said Ellen Mattson, a Swedish novelist, who addressed key questions in a video on the Nobel Prize social media handles just hours before the big reveal.
“Absolutely not,” she said on whether a writer's personality matters in the selection. If it's about personality that reflects through the work, that matters, she said, “But we never look at personal life. That is totally irrelevant.”
There was speculation this year that British-Indian author Salman Rushdie may be in the running, particularly after he was attacked in August over his writings.
