1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
In focus
Israel and the crisis in the Middle EastTrump inaugurationGerman election 2025
Latest audioLatest videos
Live TV

Literature prize

October 6, 2011

Swedish lyricist Tomas Tranströmer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish academy made the announcement in Stockholm on Thursday.

https://p.dw.com/p/12mzj
Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas TranströmerImage: picture-alliance/dpa

More to follow.

Author: Chuck Penfold (dpa, Reuters)
Editor: Michael Lawton

Skip next section Explore more

Explore more

Nobel Prize

Controversial discovery wins Israeli scientist Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Controversial discovery wins Israeli scientist Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Israeli chemist Daniel Shechtman, whose discoveries were intensely questioned before revolutionizing the way scientists conceive of solid matter. (05.10.2011)
October 5, 2011
Toilets

Researcher wins Ig Nobel prize for study of urination and self-control

Researcher wins Ig Nobel prize for study of urination and self-control

In a DW interview, Dutch scientist Mirjam Tuk explains how having an urge to urinate helps decision-making. In an experiment, she had groups drink water before choosing an immediate or a delayed financial reward. (05.10.2011)
October 5, 2011
A supernova

US physicists win Nobel Prize for work on accelerating universe expansion

US physicists win Nobel Prize for work on accelerating universe expansion

The 1998 finding has revolutionized the study of cosmology and highlighted the need for more research into dark energy, a mysterious expansionary force. (04.10.2011)
October 4, 2011