Arab Spring actors seen as possible Nobel prize winners
Syrian poet and Tunisian blogger could take home
awards :
Sweeden: In a year dominated by the Arab Spring, speculation
is rife that a Syrian poet and Tunisian blogger could take home the
prestigious prizes for literature and peace when the 2011 Nobel Prize
season opens Monday.
The names of the nominees for the Nobel Prizes are kept secret by the
various committees, but each year rumours abound for the awards handed
out in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, economics, literature
and peace. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize,
has confirmed a record 241 nominations for 2011, after last year
honouring Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Asle Sveen, a historian specialised in the prize, told AFP he thought
the five committee members could on October 7 reward activists behind
the Arab Spring, which led to the overthrow of autocratic regimes in
Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Stockholm, Thursday, AFP |