Summary
- Some Nobel Prize in Literature winners have considered the award to be a curse rather than a blessing.
- Winners like Harry Martinson, Gabriel García Márquez, and Wislawa Szymborska experienced negative consequences after receiving the prize.
- The “Nobel curse” has affected authors who struggled with public attention and pressure to live up to their new status.
- While some recipients thrived after winning, others found it burdensome and detrimental to their creative output.