Author of Afterlives Links The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Nobel Lecture by Abdulrazak Gurnah Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 for The Old Man and the Sea Wole Soyinka, first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1986 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.