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Ladbrokes has placed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami as its 4/1 market favourite to be crowned the ‘2016 Nobel Literature Laureate’. With the Swedish Academy set to reveal its Nobel Prize literature winner next Thursday 13 October, the bookmaker places the popular Japanese ‘contemporary surrealist’ as its current market favourite. Presenting its market to the Guardian Newspaper, Ladbrokes PR spokesperson Alex …

As Pope Francis prepares for his week-long visit to the United States, the first by a leader of the Catholic Church since 1999,UK bookmakers have placed the popular figurehead at 7/1 to win the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. Pope Francis the most high profile of candidates on bookmakers’ short-lists, currently lies third favourite to win the Nobel Prize which will awarded …

The 111th NobelPrize in Literature promises to be the closest in recent memory, with Kenyan poet Ngugi Wa Thiong’o  neck-and-neck with Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami as favourites to win the prestigious Nobel Medal for literature. The winner is set to be announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday 9 October. The Noble Prize in Literature rewards the author from a country …