The Nobel season is already here and on Thursday, the Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded to the best writer of this year. As excitement grows over the prestigious prize, the literary world is closely watching and making bets on their favourites.

The Swedish Academy on Thursday will reveal the name of the new Nobel laureate in literature, putting an end to speculations among readers and experts alike.

Amitav Ghosh, a Bengali like Tagore, has been the talk of the literary world, thanks to his novels like The Shadow Lines and The Glass Palace. Also Read | Amitav Ghosh enjoys a Bengali feast by Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee Also Read | Book review: Amitav Ghosh's ‘Wild Fictions’ is a chaotic collection of writing

According to Mathilde Montpetit, a PhD candidate at New

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