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Chinese author Can Xue is the favorite to win the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature, according to bookmakers. Can Xue, along with Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood, and Salman Rushdie, is among the top contenders for the prestigious literary award. The winner will be announced on Thursday. If Can Xue wins, she will be the 18th woman and the second Chinese resident to receive the prize.
As the Swedish Academy prepares to announce the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023, speculation is rife about the possible contenders. Among the names mentioned are Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya, known for her novels focusing on personal relationships, and Salman Rushdie, a literary giant with a controversial past. Can Xue, a Chinese avant-garde fiction writer, is also being considered. Other potential candidates include Mircea Cartarescu from Romania, Peter Nadas and Laszlo Krasznahorkai from Hungary, Ismail Kadare from Albania, Ngugi wa Thiong'o from Kenya, and Margaret Atwood from Canada.