Nobel Committee for Literature

The meeting room for Swedish Academy members.
Permanent Secretary Sara Danius announcing the 2016 Nobel laureate in Literature: Bob Dylan.
Committee chair Anders Olsson explaining Annie Ernaux's qualities of being the 2022 Nobel laureate with Committee member Ellen Mattson and Permanent Secretary Mats Malm.

The Nobel Committee for Literature is the Nobel Committee responsible for evaluating the nominations and presents its recommendations to the Swedish Academy, which then selects, through votation, the Nobel Prize in Literature.[1]

The committee members – usually five – are elected for three years among the Swedish Academy members, with the Permanent Secretary serving as an associate member. In assessing the qualifications of candidates, the committee invites the assistance of specially appointed expert advisers, which include translators, literary critics, and linguists.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Nomination and selection of literature laureates". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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