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Kafka and László Krasznahorkai’s legacy is a reminder — to write is to defy the silence of a fractured world
November 01, 2025 7:15 am
Krasznahorkai’s response to winning the Nobel was emblematic of this lineage: “I never wanted to achieve anything with my books. I just wanted to tell the stories I needed to tell.”
Kafka's curse, Murakami's mercy: A tale of two Samsas and their humanity
October 27, 2025 9:21 pm
Kafka, Murakami and Krasznahorkai, in their own idioms, insist that alienation is not the end of being human but the very terrain where humanity must be reimagined.
‘Brilliance’ is not unbiased. Nor is the Nobel Prize
October 14, 2025 12:24 pm
Omar Yaghi’s Nobel Prize in science and Maria Corina Machado’s in peace are really a measure of how visibility and recognition are shaped by global politics
5 books to understand María Corina Machado's fight for democracy in Venezuela
October 22, 2025 10:59 am
Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. These five books trace her country's decades-long struggle for democracy and reform.
A mistakenly published obituary, a changed will, and the birth of Nobel Prize
October 13, 2025 9:52 pm
A year before his death in December 1896, at 63, Alfred Nobel changed his will. He stipulated that most of his fortune be divided into five parts to fund the Nobel Prize.
‘More than a catastrophe’: How László Krasznahorkai reacted to winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
November 13, 2025 8:07 pm
The Hungarian novelist speaks from Frankfurt about his surprise at winning the Nobel Prize in Literature
Everything you need to know about the Nobel Prize in Literature
October 17, 2025 12:30 pm
Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Facts, history, controversies, and who might win this year
How the Physics Nobel-winning experiment shaped quantum computing
October 22, 2025 12:51 pm
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who made electrical circuits act like atoms - an experiment which lies at the heart of our quantum future.
Knowledge Nugget of the day: Nihon Hidankyo
October 18, 2024 12:04 pm
Recently, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. What is Nihon Hidankyo? Why has it been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? What are Hibakusha’s testimonies? Here's everything that you need to know.
AI to decipher, synthesise proteins: What the 2024 Chemistry Nobel was awarded for
October 10, 2024 10:58 pm
The three recipients of this year’s Chemistry Nobel have been awarded the prize for developing tools that make it easier and quicker to decipher proteins’ structures, and develop entirely new proteins.
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