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- Can Xue is the 7/1 favourite to win this year's Nobel Prize For Literature
- Former favourite Salman Rushdie drifts right out to 14/1 to win the award this year
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy is favourite for the Nobel Peace Prize
Can Xue is the 7/1 favourite to win this year's Nobel Prize For Literature
Betting is already up for this year's Nobel Prize For Literature and it is Chinese writer Can Xue who is the early favourite with bookies at 7/1 to win the award.
Deng Xiaohua, better known by her pen name Can Xue, was one of the favourites for the award back in 2019 and it's the same again four years later.
Paddy Power say there's a 12.5% chance of Xue winning the award just ahead of four other writers who sit on joint odds of 9/1 as second favourites.
| 2023 Nobel Literature Prize Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Can Xue | 7/1 | 12.5% |
| Gerald Murnane | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Jon Fosse | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Pierre Michon | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| Thomas Pynchon | 9/1 | 10.0% |
Former favourite Salman Rushdie drifts right out to 14/1 to win the award this year
Sir Salman Rushdie was the betting favourite to win the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature back in December with his latest book set to be released this year.
Victory City is expected to be one of the big releases of the year with Salman Rushdie's latest novel officially coming out on February 7th.
Rushdie was given odds of 4/1 to win the award in December but he's now drifted massively in the betting out to 14/1 8th favourite for the award.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is favourite for the Nobel Peace Prize
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the 6/1 favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize as the Ukraine/Russia conflict continues.
The Ukrainian President has been a big leader in his country following Russia's invasion with opinion polls in the country voting him as their greatest ever president.
Paddy Power make Zelenskyy betting favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize award which is presented annually in Oslo, Norway.
| Nobel Peace Prize 2023 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Alexei Navalny | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| Ilham Tohtil | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| World Health Organization | 9/1 | 10.0% |
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is the joint second favourite in the betting market at 15/2 and he may prove to be a big figure in 2023.
Navalny has been in prison for two years now after returning to Russia from Germany where he was treated for poisoning from a Soviet-era nerve agent.
