Essays

Essays on the Canon

Prize seasons, translations, reading orders, and the arguments behind the list. Occasional, and only when there is something worth saying.

The Stockholm Guessing Game

Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature?

The Swedish Academy announces on 8 October. Here is what the betting markets think, and what 125 years of the Academy’s own choices suggest about the kind of writer it is looking for.

23 September 2026