The Nobel Prize in Literature

Dylan Unsung in Uppsala

Dylan Unsung – discovering the lyrics

UPPSALA | Saturday 10th December at 17:30–18:30

Dylan Unsung – discovering the lyrics

Open reading of Bob Dylan’s lyrics at The English Bookshop in Uppsala. What do the works of this year’s literary Nobel laureate sound like without the music? Sam Kessel leads the proceedings. Also Open Mic, so bring your favourite Dylan lyrics. Free entrance.

Bob Dylan musical tribute in Stockholm

Bob Dylan Night – a musical tribute

STOCKHOLM | Saturday 10th December at 18:00

A very special musical tribute to the literature laureate in the Stockholm bookshop. Personal musical interpretations of Dylan songs by musicians Jan Hammarlund, Katarina Gunnerholm, Hélène Bohman Blomqvist, Maria Lindström, the band Gränsen, and a special guest appearance. The event is in English, but the language of music is universal.

Advance tickets 60 kr (including snacks/refreshments) available at the bookshop or www.billetto.se/bob-dylan-night

Tomas Tranströmer – The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Tomas TranströmerWith the wording "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality" – Tomas Tranströmer is awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011.

Tomas Tranströmer in the bookshop

Mario Vargas Llosa - The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010

Mario Vargas LlosaThe Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".

Mario Vargas Llosa - in the bookshop

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

 Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" is awarded with the 2009 The Nobel Prize in Literature.

Doris Lessing - The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007

Doris Lessing

With the words "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny", Doris Lessing is awarded.

Doris Lessing in the bookshop

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