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Alexievich tops list of Nobel literature favourites

– Few women laureates –

Since the prize was first handed out in 1901, only 13 out of 111 laureates have been women.

The dearth of female winners means some say a woman is more likely to succeed last year’s French laureate Patrick Modiano, given that the academy is based in Sweden, a country known for its feminist policies.

“Over the past ten years the statistics, which are still not great, show a significant improvement … which shows that they are now aware” of the problem, said Madelaine Levy, a literary critic.

It shows that the jury “strives to make fairer choices,” she added.

The last woman to win, Canada’s Alice Munro, was handed the award in 2013.

In addition to Oates and Roth, betting sites are listing Japan’s Haruki Murakami, Norway’s Jon Fosse and Ireland’s John Banville as some of this year’s favourites.

Swedish experts say they would prefer Romania’s Mircea Cartarescu, Italy’s Umberto Eco, Somalia’s Nuruddin Farah or Nigeria’s Ben Okri.

“I want to be surprised, just as I was pleasantly surprised when Dario Fo got it,” radio journalist Gunnar Bolin wrote on Instagram.

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This year’s Nobel Literature Prize winner will be announced on Thursday at 1100 GMT.

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