Wednesday, October 5
Nobel Prize for lit on tap
In literary news: Nobel Prize watchers hoping to find out who will win the 2005 literature prize will have to wait at least a week. With the other Nobel Prize announcements already in full swing, the Swedish Academy suggests the coveted award will be announced Oct. 13. Ahead of the academy's likely announcement, several authors, including Philip Roth and Joyce Carol Oates have been touted by Nobel watchers, along with Margaret Atwood of Canada and Nuruddin Farah of Somalia. Other perennials include Peruvian-born Mario Vargas Llosa. Europeans have won the literature prize in nine of the past 10 years, so the experts think the academy may look elsewhere this year. My vote would go for Roth.
