The Swedish Academy will announce the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 8th. According to British betting site 'Ladbrokes', China's Chan Xue is leading with the highest odds (10 to 1). Japanese author Haruki Murakami is in second place (14 to 1). With the increasing possibility of a non-European female writer winning, Mexico's Cristina Rivera Garza and Portugal's Lídia Jorge are attracting attention. However, considering that Han Kang won two years ago, it may be difficult for an Asian female writer to win consecutively. The Nobel Prize in Literature is unpredictable, and in the past, unexpected winners such as singer Bob Dylan and non-fiction writer Svetlana Alexievich have emerged.
