STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Nobel watchers hoping to find out who will win the 2005 literature prize will have to wait at least a week.
With the other Nobel Prize announcements already in full swing, many expected the Swedish Academy to confirm the date on Tuesday. Instead, it kept silent, suggesting the coveted award will be announced Oct. 13.
Yom Kippur falls on Oct. 13, but that would not affect any announcement.
The delay has led to speculation that academy members may be locked in debate over who should take home this year’s prize, which includes a $1.3 million prize, a gold medal and a diploma, along with a guaranteed boost in sales.
Since 1901, when the academy awarded its first prize to France’s Sully Prudhomme, the academy has not handed out an award seven times. Those years were 1914, 1918, 1935 and 1940-43.
Ahead of the academy’s announcement several authors have been touted by Nobel watchers. They include Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth, Margaret Atwood of Canada and Nuruddin Farah of Somalia.
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