The Nobel Foundation has announced that Nobel Prize winner in Literature will be revealed on Thursday, October 8, 1:00 p.m. CET.
According to the betting site Ladbrokes, Israeli author Amos Oz has the best odds of winning–the 4 to 1 favorite. The long shots are William H. Gass and Paul Auster, both with 100 to 1 odds. Bob Dylan clocks in with 25 to 1 odds.
Here’s more from the Nobel Prize website: “Watch the live web cast from the Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, October 8, 1:00 p.m. CET, 11:00 a.m. GMT. Following the announcement, an interview will be held with Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, about the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.”