The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced at 13:00 CET today (you can watch the announcement live there); I'll report on the winner in this space as soon as possible after that, with continuing updated coverage throughout the day.
There was surprisingly little movement of the Ladbrokes-odds on Wednesday: Murakami moved up to an absolutely ridiculous 6/4, while Nádas Péter remained at his also hardly credible 5/2. Kundera moved up from 16/1 to 12/1. There's still time for some last minute action, but the betting patterns have not proven very revealing this year.
Meanwhile, the last pre-Nobel articles of note include:
There was surprisingly little movement of the Ladbrokes-odds on Wednesday: Murakami moved up to an absolutely ridiculous 6/4, while Nádas Péter remained at his also hardly credible 5/2. Kundera moved up from 16/1 to 12/1. There's still time for some last minute action, but the betting patterns have not proven very revealing this year.
Meanwhile, the last pre-Nobel articles of note include:
- Mest tippade Nobelpristagarna at Svenska Dagbladet has various literary editors and writers give both their guesses and say who they would like to have win.
Not much going out on a limb here -- a lot of the standards -- though Claire Devarrieux suggests Karel Schoeman (but then undermines her pick by going for ths sympathy vote -- still, a pretty good name to toss in the mix)
- Haruki Murakami favourite to win Nobel Prize in Literature as Bob Dylan lands odds of 10/1 reports Ben Bryant in The Telegraph, in a piece where the odds were already dated when they posted it -- but it does include the nugget: "Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: 'Literary punters appear to have narrowed their shortlist down to just three. Murakami's odds continue to shorten and it looks like he'll head into the final days of betting as one of the shortest favourites in history.'"
At 3/2 at the close Wednesday that appears distinctly possible
- China holds breath for Nobel literature recognition reports Xinhua, as they continue to beat the subject to death -- good fun
- Arabic Literature (in English) considers the possibility of An Arab Woman's Nobel -- though I have to say I really don't see it (and, indeed, have my doubts about an Arab Nobel this time around, period -- though I'm glad she mentions Bensalem Himmich, who, as I've said in previous years, should definitely be in the mix). As to Nawal El Saadawi ... no ... no, no, no.