The Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded for both 2018 and 2019 in the Swedish capital Stockholm later on Thursday.
Last year’s award was postponed after a sexual and financial abuse scandal which led to a number of resignations at the Swedish Academy – the independent body that makes the awards.
In the aftermath of the scandal major changes were introduced for how the prize is awarded.
The BBC arts correspondent, Vincent Dowd, says the changes have led to speculation that future winners are less likely to be white males who write in English.
Kenyans are once again hopeful that one of their famous sons, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, will win the prize.
Regarded as East Africa’s most influential writer, his novels include Wizard of the Crow, Petals of Blood, Weep Not Child, The River Between and A Grain of Wheat.
His son is confident that it could finally be his father’s time:
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi@MukomaWaNgugiI am so confident that my father will win The Nobel Prize in Literature this year that the only question I have is where he will hang the medal! https://brittlepaper.com/2019/10/nobel-prize-in-literature-ngugi-wa-thiongo-is-bookies-4th-favourite-for-one-of-this-years-two-awards/ …Nobel Prize in Literature: Ngugi wa Thiong’o Is Bookies’ 4th Favourite for One of 2019’s Two Awards
It has been a tradition, since the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature went to Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa, for literary people to wonder when it should be Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s turn. And this year, the…
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