Explanation

• Winners: Anand RK, Suparna Sharma, and Natalie Obiko Pearson.
• Award: 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.
• Winning work: trAPPed, about digital scams and “digital arrest” in India.
• Announcement date: 4 May 2026.

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• 2023 → Mona Chalabi
• 2024 → Medar de la Cruz
• 2025 → Ann Telnaes

Last verified on 15-10-2026

Explanation

Total categories: 6

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Physiology or Medicine
• Literature
• Peace
• Economic Science

First awarded: 10 December 1901

Location: Stockholm, Sweden (the Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway)

Additional information

• Original categories (1901) were 5 
• 6th category was added in 1968 as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Explanation

• Winning novel: Taiwan Travelogue
• Author: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
• Translator: Lin King
• Original language: Mandarin Chinese

Last verified on 08-10-2026

Explanation

• The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for outstanding work in journalism and several other fields.
• It was established by Joseph Pulitzer.
• He was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher.
• The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917.
• Major categories include Journalism, Letters, Drama, and Music.
• The Pulitzer Prizes are administered by Columbia University in New York City.

Last verified 08-08-2026

Explanation

• 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature László Krasznahorkai (Nationality:  Hungarian).
• Purpose: For his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art
• Date: 9 October 2025 (announcement) 10 December 2025 (ceremony)
• Location: Stockholm, Sweden
• Presented by: Swedish Academy
• First award: 1901

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• Nobel Literature Prize 2024
• Winner: Han Kang
• Nationality:  South Korean
• Purpose: For her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.

Last verified on 06-05-2026