February 15, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Horace_engdahl":
Education: 20 Nov 09
A Liberal Party proposal to make English language learning obligatory in schools from the first grade has been slammed by members of the Swedish Academy who view it as an "unnecessary reinforcement of the status of English.”
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National: 21 Dec 08
Horace Engdahl has announced he is stepping down as the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, the body which awards the Nobel Prize for literature.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
As the Swedish Academy prepares to announce the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, critics argue that major US literary figures are being unfairly sidelined.
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Society: 3 Oct 08
As speculation begins to mount over this year's Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said on Friday it would announce the winner on October 9th.
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Society: 1 Oct 08
Swedish Academy supremo Horace Engdahl has shocked the global literary establishment by denouncing the cultural "ignorance" of authors from the United States.
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Society: 4 Aug 08
The head of the institute that designates the Nobel literature prize has lamented the passing of the 1970 winner of the award, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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National: 11 Oct 07
The winner of the 2007 Nobel Literature Prize is to be announced on Thursday and while some are putting their money on US novelist Philip Roth, anything is possible as the Swedish Academy is keeping mum on its choice.
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Lifestyle: 10 Oct 07
The Swedish Academy is the austere and sobre institution that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature. AFP's Francis Kohn speaks to the Academy's permanent secretary, Horace Engdahl about the passions and the controversies behind literature's most coveted prize.
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National: 5 Oct 07
The 2007 Nobel Prize for literature will be announced on October 11, the Swedish Academy said Friday, with literary circles already speculating wildly over who the winner could be.
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Lifestyle: 3 Oct 07
Sweden's literati-glitterati are whispering the names of the candidates for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. As Jeanne Rudbeck writes, jokes and vulgarity don't go down well at the academy that bypassed Joyce and Wodehouse.
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National: 2 Jan 07
Sweden's Post- och Inrikes Tidningar has gone through more than 360 years' worth of paper and ink. But since New Year's Day readers have had to go to the internet for their daily dose of announcements.
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National: 18 Dec 06
Sweden's Ambassador to Turkey, Christer Asp, speaks to The Local about a Turkish documentary accusing Sweden of genocide.
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National: 6 Oct 06
The 2006 Nobel Literature Prize laureate will be announced next Thursday. Potential names being discussed in Stockholm's literary circles include Amos Oz, Philip Roth, Adonis and Mario Vargas Llosa.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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