2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature is an international literary prize established according to Alfred Nobel's will^[1] that will be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, in October 2026 and awarded on 10 December 2026.

Every year, beginning in November of last year, thousands of letters across the world are sent to the Swedish Academy, endorsing well celebrated and little-known authors for the Nobel Prize.

Such nominations can only be done by qualified nominators, namely members of the Swedish Academy and of other academies, institutions and societies which are similar to it in construction and purpose; professors of literature and of linguistics at universities and colleges; previous Nobel Prize laureates in Literature; and chairpersons of writers' organizations qualifying as representative of their countries' production of literature and belles lettres.^[2] Among the fundamental rules in making nominations include not making them public – but some still do as previous years – nor nominating oneself which automatically disqualifies the nominee during deliberations.^[3][4]

Despite the secrecy, many notable writers around the globe are perennially expected to be among the official nominees and favored to win the prestigious literary prize.

Among last year's favorite authors to win the prize, according to The Guardian, El País and Literary Hub, include Margaret Atwood, Can Xue, Anne Carson, Mircea Cărtărescu, Amitav Ghosh, Pierre Michon, Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane, Péter Nádas, Thomas Pynchon, Cristina Rivera Garza, Salman Rushdie, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Enrique Vila-Matas, Alexis Wright and Lyudmila Ulitskaya.^[5][6][7]

The following list features authors considered worthy of the prize by some sources along with the current number of their books the Nobel Library possess.^{[8][9][10][11]} The amount of copies helps determine the Swedish Academy's interest on a particular author.^[12]

The 2026 Nobel Committee consists of the following members:^[13]

• The Nobel Prize in Literature nobelprize.org
• Swedish Academy svenskaakademien.se/en