Swiss author Christian Kracht is in pole position to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, says the Swedish press. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox As is the case every autumn, Nobel fever returns, particularly for literature, the most hotly debated of the prizes awarded by the Swedish Academy. The announcement this year is expected on October 9. + The Swiss mountain village that inspired a Nobel Prize The assumption that 58-year-old Christian Kracht, one of the most acclaimed authors on the contemporary German-language literary scene, could win the Nobel Prize for Literature was reinforced after his recent appearance at the Göteborg Book Fair in Sweden, where - not unnoticed - several members of the Swedish Academy were spotted in the front row during his speech. A sign that, for some experts in Swedish literary circles, should be interpreted as almost "prophetic". "It's usually a sure sign", commented Björn Wiman, cultural critic for the Swedish daily ...
