When Alfred Nobel established the literature prize in his name, he perhaps could have benefited from an editor. On Thursday, the Swedish Academy will announce whom it considers to have met the criterion of "ideal" for the 2017 laurels. A look at some aspects of the Nobel Prize in Literature:———WHAT IS 'IDEAL DIRECTION'? Just five countries have accounted for nearly half the literature prizes since 1901: France, the United States, Britain, Germany and Sweden. Aside from that "there are probably a few librettists who would tell you that they should get Nobel prizes.

Source: ABC News October 02, 2017 09:01 UTC