The Paradox of the Nobel Prize Itself

Recently we are often encountering articles and publications on various portals, of several authors, who themselves are running for the prestigious Nobel Prize. This phenomenon is a significant fake news and before it is published in: portals, magazines or newspapers, it should be carefully analyzed by editors and publishers. The proposal of anyone, a university professor, literary critic, or even a well-known writer, does not constitute the announcement of the Nobel Prize candidate, as during the year, millions of authors and individuals or authors are proposed in the field of literature.

The Nobel Prize for Literature is the highest award for the greatest literary achievements by one (or several) authors within a year.

In 1895, Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, in his will, among the five prizes to be awarded, designated a prize for literature, for that individual who creates in the field of literature, as “the best work in an ideal direction”.

The laureate (winner of this prestigious prize) is determined by the “Stockholm Academy”, which later under the statute of the Nobel Foundation was designated as the Swedish Academy.

According to this statute, not only literature, but also other writings, are defined, which in terms of quality of form and style have invaluable literary value.

It was also decided and changed that the price should be given to works published during the previous year, thus expanding to “old works” if their importance had not been made transparent by that time.

Candidates, by statute, must be appointed in writing by those who can do so, by February 01 of each year. According to the regulation, the right to appoint the laureate is only granted by the Swedish Academy as well as other academies, institutions and associations similar to it, based on its foundation and purpose. This is also the right of university teachers of aesthetics, literature and history.

Always according to Wikipedia, a 1949 amendment clarifies the category of teachers: professors of literature and physiology at universities and university colleges. The right to appoint at the time was also granted to previous Nobel Prize winners as well as “Chairpersons of Associations of Authors who are representatives of literary creation in their countries”. The statute also establishes the establishment of the Nobel Committee “to give their position regarding the awarding of prizes” as well as the Nobel Institute with a library that must gather a substantial collection of modern literature.

The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is announced every year on October 10, 2024.

The Nobel Prize for Literature was designed by Erik Lindberg.

The name of the Laurates is engraved under the figures, while the text “ACAD. SUEC.” It means the Swedish Academy.

The prize was first awarded by Sully Prudhomme in 1901. The first Albanian writer to be nominated for this award was the national poet Gjergj Fishta.