Overview

• The winner will be announced in Stockholm at 1 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) on Thursday, 9 October.
• Ladbrokes lists Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai as joint favourites, with Haruki Murakami among the leading contenders.
• Cross-referenced markets compiled by Nicerodds currently put Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh at the top of some forecasts.
• A six-member Swedish Academy jury led by chair Anders Olsson conducted the closed deliberations, with records sealed for 50 years.
• This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature carries an award of 11 million Swedish kronor.