Literary Translation and the Nobel Prize
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- ISBN 9781041021278
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This collection offers the first systematic account of the pivotal role of literary translation in the history and future of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The volume explores the complex reciprocal relationship between the prize institution and translation from a transdisciplinary lens. Perspectives from varied disciplines from around the world consider the ways in which the prize relies heavily on translations before and after prize decisions but also the impact of laureate announcements on wider translation patterns. The collection concludes with several chapters on individual case studies and an afterword by esteemed translation Jan Henrik Swahn.
Making the case for a wide-reaching transdisciplinary approach to understanding the interplay of literary translation and the Nobel Prize, this book will be of interest to scholars in translation studies, comparative literature, literary studies, and cultural sociology.
Paul Tenngart is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Lund University, Sweden. His has published articles on Swedish and French poetry, politics and ideology, prose translations from Swedish to English, translation patterns from and to semi-peripheral positions, and Anthropocene fiction
Karl Ågerup is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Örebro University, Sweden, where he serves as the Head of the Humanities Division. His academic works primarily revolve around issues related to literary reception and to political debates surrounding French literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
