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China's Mo Yan releases new book on Nobel win

Society: 19 Apr 13
Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan released a new novel on Friday, detailing his trip to Sweden where he picked up his Nobel Prize in December. READ »

Forgotten speech fails to mar Nobel banquet

Society: 11 Dec 12
Royals, laureates, and diplomats were among the more than 1,300 guests that feted the 2012 Nobel Prizes at Stockholm's City Hall on an evening when not even a forgotten speech by literature winner Mo Yan could dampen high spirits. READ »

Nobel Prize ceremony concludes in Stockholm

National: 10 Dec 12
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has handed over this year's prizes to the Nobel laureates at Stockholm's Concert Hall, watched over by more than 1,500 honoured guests. READ »

Nobel etiquette breached for monolingual Mo Yan

Society: 10 Dec 12
Nobel organizers have made a special exception to stringent seating rules for Monday's gala banquet in Stockholm, allowing 2012 literature laureate Mo Yan and his wife sit together because they both only speak Chinese. READ »

Mo Yan: no author is liked by all of his readers

Society: 8 Dec 12
During his Nobel literature lecture in Stockholm on Friday, Chinese writer Mo Yan acknowledged the controversy surrounding his nomination, urging critics to read his books. READ »

Mo Yan to avoid politics at Nobel awards

Society: 5 Dec 12
This year's Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan heads to Sweden on Wednesday to accept his award, however the Chinese author will likely try to avoid mentioning jailed fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo in his acceptance speech. READ »

Stockholm University: A very Nobel institution

Education: 4 Dec 12
Stockholm University and its associates probably have a closer link with the Nobel Prize than any other educational institute in the world. To explain why requires a look back into the history of Sweden and its capital. READ »

Swedish author Knut Ahnlund dies

Society: 1 Dec 12
Swedish author Knut Ahnlund, a member of the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Literature Prize and who was known for boycotting proceedings after Iran's fatwa against Salman Rushdie, has died aged 89. READ »

Nobel laureate slams Mo Yan literature award

Society: 24 Nov 12
Herta Mueller, a past winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature has accused the 2012 laureate, China's Mo Yan, of celebrating censorship" and described him as a "catastrophe". READ »

Nobel academy member 'friends with Mo Yan'

Society: 6 Nov 12
The relationship between this year’s Nobel Laureate in Literature, Mo Yan, and academy member and translator Göran Malmqvist is much closer than previously believed, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest in the decision. READ »

Live Blog: 2012 Nobel Prize announcements

Society: 15 Oct 12
The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week in Stockholm. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the winners and why they won. READ »

Mo Yan win 'denigrates' Nobel lit prize: artist

Society: 12 Oct 12
The Swedish Academy's choice of Mo Yan for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature has been slammed by Chinese dissidents and regime critics, including artist Ai Weiwei who called the decision "a joke". READ »

'It was an easy decision': Swedish Academy

Society: 11 Oct 12
As the dust settles over a Stockholm all a flutter at the naming of Mo Yan as winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Local’s Rebecca Martin catches up with Peter Englund of the Swedish Academy to find out more about why one should read Yan's work. READ »

Chinese author Mo Yan awarded Nobel lit prize

Society: 11 Oct 12
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. READ »

Seven hot names in the Nobel Literature race

Lifestyle: 10 Oct 12
With the Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced in Stockholm on Thursday, world media and gambling companies have taken the chance to voice their favourites and their predictions as to who will be the lucky Literature Laureate. READ »

Ryanair in major Skavsta expansion

Business & Money: 14 Jun 07
Ryanair's Viking chief, Michael O'Leary, was in Stockholm on Thursday to announce a major expansion at Skavsta airport. The airline plans to launch 13 new routes to European destinations, including Berlin, Liverpool and Valencia. READ »

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