Romance Novels Are Literature

The romance novel is so present in American life—nearly a quarter of adult print fiction sold—that many of us already have an opinion before we’ve ever opened one. Advertisement In a speech included ...
Time

Meet Han Kang, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her “intense poetic prose” on Oct. 10, per a press release by The Royal Swedish Academy. Kang’s work focuses on “historical traumas,” ...
Monocle

South American literature is having a moment – and women are at the forefront

Latin American literature in translation is continuing to find success, especially works by women writers. Charco Press is ...
The New York Times

With the Nobel Prize in Literature, Greatness Is Not the Same as Popularity

As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated? Critic’s Notebook As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the ...
The New York Times

When Novels Mattered

I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, John Updike, Alice Walker and others were cultural ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

UChicago to expand English-language translation of South Asian literature

Less than 1% of all translated literature published in the U.S. during the past 10 years came from a South Asian language, even though the region is home to more than 20% of the world’s population. To ...
USA Today

Hungarian writer wins Nobel Prize in Literature

STOCKHOLM, Sweden ‒ Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday. The committee chose "Krasznahorkai for his compelling and ...