The Nobel Prize in Literature has been controversial since its birth. Sciences such as physics, chemistry, and medicine that seriously consume brain cells are not understood by ordinary people at all, so they naturally cannot comment easily.

But the Literature Prize is different. As long as you know how to read and write a few strokes, you want to interrupt, so every Nobel Prize in Literature is like a lively drama.

Now the 2018 annual drama has begun. At this time of year, major gambling websites will make predictions for winners!

Of course, most of them were not guessed, but there were also guesses. For example, the winner of 2015, Alek Seevich ranked first in the gambling list.

So who might be the winners this year?

Or a writer representing which continent?

What kind of topic is the writer who writes about?

These all firmly attract the attention of the media, and those bookmakers are adjusting the odds of each different writer every day, and any turbulence will cause changes.

After so long, Lin Han didn't expect that he could join the Nobel Prize battle, which was of extraordinary significance!

"Why would Murakami Haruki be the first in odds this year?"

Lin Han couldn't help laughing. Whether in the original earth or the world, Haruki Murakami was a tragic person. He ranked first in the odds every year, but he couldn't win awards every year.

He became the famous Nobel Prize in Literature, and is really far from winning the award!

Lin Han is fine now. He is now tidying up his shirt and trousers and attending the auction of "Lost" at night.

I have to stand up for my works. After all, his face is still very valuable, and at least it can help "Lost" increase its competitiveness.

If you invest 50 million yuan, you have to see the profits!

Anyway, Lin Han didn't refuse as a mascot.

According to his idea, it would be enough to wear casual clothes at this time, but Chen Jiaxuan had to turn out the casual shirt, and he was not allowed to wear polo shirts, let alone T-shirts or something.

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"Dear, guess what news did I see online?"

Chen Jiaxuan sat on the bed, her body leaning against the head of the bed. She shook her cell phone, her face full of smiles.

Lin Han hung his shirt aside, and he shook his head, "I can't guess this, there is so much news on the Internet."

"There is news from the outside network that you have entered the short list of the Nobel Prizes, and now you have entered the top ten odds for their bookmakers!"

"Really and false? How could this list be exposed?" Lin Han's hand was stunned. He felt that the credibility of the news was really not high.

Chen Jiaxuan handed the phone to Lin Han and emphasized: "This is not reported by ordinary gossip newspapers. This is the Swedish Daily, the most authoritative media in Sweden. It is known as the Swedish Times, and it is highly credible."

Lin Han took it over and looked at it, and found that he did not recognize any of the words on this article, and he could not understand Swedish at all!

Fortunately, there is an English translation next to it, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

"According to people familiar with the Swedish Academy of Literature, the short list of Nobel Prizes in Literature has been released this year. In addition to the existing veteran candidates, several newcomers have been added, one of which is Lin Han, a great director who focuses on writing science fiction stories..."

"How is it? Are you a little surprised?"

Chen Jiaxuan said excitedly, "If you win the Nobel Prize and the Oscar, wouldn't you set a historical record?"

Seeing his wife so excited, as if the Nobel Prize and the Oscar Little Golden Man were already sure to win, Lin Han couldn't help but pour cold water on: "Don't be too happy too early. Principal Cai called me yesterday and told me that he had recommended my works for two consecutive years. Not to mention the big list of two or three hundred people."

"What does this big list and a short list mean? What is the difference?" Chen Jiaxuan is quite familiar with the selection rules of the Golden Rooster Awards, Golden Horse Awards, and Golden Image Awards in China. She also knows the Oscars and Golden Globes, but she has never paid attention to the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lin Han sat aside, organized the language and said, "If you want to select the Nobel Prize in Literature, you must first confirm the qualifications, clear out the unqualified nomination letters, and then register the effective nominations on the list. These lists must be handed over to the Swedish Academy for review. Because there are more than one candidate recommended by more than one person, more than 300 nomination letters can generally be merged into a long list of 200 people."

"That means you might just be on the long list?"

"Yes, most of the candidates on the long list will be eliminated by the judges, and a 15-20-person selection list is compressed, commonly known as a half-length list."

Chen Jiaxuan sighed slightly in her heart, "If you want to win the Nobel Prize, you will have to pass five levels and six generals. What is the standard for elimination?"

"Some of these eliminated works are scientific papers and do not have enough literary value; some are pure literary writers, but do not reach the necessary level; some are nominated reasons for non-literaryness, such as based on politics, ideology or nationalism, etc."

According to past experience, first-time nominees are generally eliminated early, and senior government officials or former government officials are basically very difficult to pass.

At this time, the judges will sometimes seek expert opinions on certain unfamiliar works, or arrange emergency translations for certain works that lack appropriate translations!

Lin Han's series of science fiction novels have long been translated into English, and even many have been translated into Swedish, so this is not a problem.

"In June, the jury proposed the final selection list, which is commonly known as the short list, and the third report was given to the Swedish Academy of Literature for approval. The Academy of Literature can modify the list or replace it and add candidates at the college meeting."

The news circulating on the Internet now is that Lin Han has entered the final short list!

Starting from June, all academicians of the School of Literature have to read the works of the final five candidates. Since most of them were the last candidates in the previous year, they usually only need to read the works of one and two newcomers, as well as the new works of the "old candidates" in the past year.

In addition to reading books, each judge also needs to write his own recommendation report separately, and must be meaningful, so that he can truly read and understand the works of these candidates!

The School of Literature will resume the meeting in mid-September and start the final election. The investigation on the recent situation of the "finalists" will also be completed within these three months.

The awarding agency has the final decision-making authority to judge the award, and can overturn the unanimous recommendations of the jury committee and not accept any appeals.

From the resumption of the meeting to the announcement of the award results, the School of Literature only takes at least 2 weeks to 4 weeks, which means that the final results will be announced in October.

Discussions, comments, and votes are held every Thursday night until a candidate receives more than half of the votes!
Chapter completed!