With odds of 10/1, the author of Love in the New Millennium, who was also the favourite last year, leads a pack that includes Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood
Can Xue, Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood, César Aira, Gerald Murnane and Thomas Pynchon are among the authors most likely to win this year’sThe recipient of the 2024 prize will be announced on Thursday at noon BST, and will receive 11m Swedish kronor .and César Aira, it’s Can Xue who remains the most popular pick with punters, and continues to head the betting as a result,” said Alex Apati of Ladbrokes.
She was born in 1953 in Changsha, Hunan province. During the Cultural Revolution, her parents were forced into manual labour in the countryside. Her formal education finished with elementary school. If she is named Nobel laureate, she will be the 18th woman to win the prize, the third Chinese winner and only the second still resident in China after Mo Yan, who received it in 2012.
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