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Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 25, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro is a British novelist and screen-writer who originates from Japan. On October 5th, he was announced as the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. Kazuo is a superb writer “who, in

Did Bob Dylan deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature?

October 26, 2016

Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Wait, literature?” I hear you say. That’s right. The Swedish Academy has awarded him “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

Second-ever Irish Nobel Prize winner honoured at TCD

October 12, 2016

Ireland’s second ever Nobel Prize winner William C Campbell was honoured at TCD, his Alma Mater, last month.

Nobel Laureate receives honorary doctorate

October 29, 2014

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammed Yunnus has been awarded with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy at a ceremony in DCU last week.

Has the Nobel Prize for Literature become irrelevant?

October 15, 2014

Bryan Grogan reviews the Nobel Prize for Literature announcement and questions its relevancy after years of odd decisions.