The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 13:00 CEST at the earliest, which is 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Swedish Academy makes the announcement in Stockholm, and it is streamed live on the Nobel Prize’s official digital channels, including YouTube and nobelprize.org.
Literature is the fourth prize of the 2026 announcement week. The Nobel Peace Prize follows on Friday, October 9, at 11:00 CEST (5:00 a.m. ET) in Oslo, and the prize in economic sciences closes the week on Monday, October 12, at 11:45 CEST at the earliest (5:45 a.m. ET).
Source: NobelPrize.org, “Prize announcement dates”
Image: Börshuset, the Swedish Academy’s home on Stortorget in Stockholm, by Leonhard Lenz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.