Nobel laureates arrive for a week of events and awards in Stockholm and Oslo

STOCKHOLM AP Nobel week was underway in Stockholm and Oslo with laureates holding news conferences and lectures before they will be awarded the prestigious prizes Hungarian L szl Krasznahorkai who won the Prize in literature for his surreal and anarchic novels that combine a bleak world view with mordant humor was expected to give a lecture in Stockholm on Sunday in one of his rare citizens appearances When the Nobel judges publicized the award in October they described the -year-old as a great epic writer whose work is characterized by absurdism and grotesque excess Krasznahorkai s work can be seen as part of a Central European tradition the Nobel Prize organization announced Critical features are pessimism and apocalypse but also humor and unpredictability Last year s winner was South Korean author Han Kang The winner was Norwegian writer Jon Fosse whose work includes a seven-book epic made up of a single sentence Meanwhile the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute Kristian Harpviken commented Saturday that Venezuelan Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Mar a Corina Machado will come to Oslo this week to receive her award in person The -year-old who won for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation has been hiding and has not been seen in community since January Harpviken narrated Norwegian inhabitants broadcaster NRK that Machado was expected to personally pick up the prize on Wednesday I spoke with the Peace Prize winner last night and she will come to Oslo Harpviken stated according to NRK Nobel Prize award ceremonies are held on Dec the anniversary of Alfred Nobel s death in The award ceremony for peace is in Oslo and the other ceremonies are in Stockholm Source