The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.
Hungarian writer Lászlo Krasznahorkai won the coveted award in 2025 for work the judges said upheld the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror".
His surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humour.
The prize will be announced on Thursday after three science awards given out this week.
The Nobel for medicine went to scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.
The physics award recognised scientist Francis Halzen’s efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos.
The chemistry prize recognised scientists Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.
This week ends with Friday's peace prize and on Monday, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced.
The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $A1.7 million), for an individual, small group of laureates or an organisation.
