Anne Carson and Can Xue favourites to win Nobel prize in literature
Canadian poet Anne Carson and Chinese experimental writer Can Xue are currently the bookmakers' favorites to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The winner will be announced this Thursday, with other notable contenders including Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood.
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Favourites … Anne Carson and Can Xue. Composite: PR, Alamy Favourites … Anne Carson and Can Xue. Composite: PR, Alamy Books Anne Carson and Can Xue favourites to win Nobel prize in literature The Canadian poet and Chinese experimental writer are the bookmakers’ favourites to win, with Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane and Margaret Atwood also in the mix
Prefer the Guardian on Google Canadian poet Anne Carson and Chinese experimental writer Can Xue are the bookies’ favourites to win this year’s Nobel prize in literature , set to be announced Thursday.
The frontrunners both have 10/1 odds of taking home the world’s most prestigious literary prize, this year worth 12m Swedish Krona (approximately £900,000), according to Ladbrokes.
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