French writer Emmanuel Carrere receives the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature during a ceremony at Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Spain October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Vincent West

French writer Emmanuel Carrere, winner of 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature, speaks during the ceremony of the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities at Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Spain October 22, 2021. REUTERS/Vincent West

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, listen to a reading of the specially commissioned Literature Wales project poem by two Youth Parliament representatives inside the Siambr (Chamber) during the ceremonial opening of the Sixth Senedd, in Cardiff, Britain October 14, 2021. Andrew Matthews/Pool via REUTERS

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, poses at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, during an interview with Reuters at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, during an interview with Reuters at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, during an interview with Reuters at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, during an interview with Reuters at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, during an interview with Reuters at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, poses at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, poses at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, poses at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, poses at his home in Canterbury, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah who won the 2021 Noble Prize in Literature, poses for the media at his home in Kent, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah who won the 2021 Noble Prize in Literature, poses for the media at his home in Kent, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah who won the 2021 Noble Prize in Literature, poses for the media at his home in Kent, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah who won the 2021 Noble Prize in Literature, poses for the media at his home in Kent, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah who won the 2021 Noble Prize in Literature, poses for the media at his home in Kent, Britain, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Miriam Meckel and Lea Steinacker attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pose before a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attend a panel discussion in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 8, 2021. Rolf Vennenbernd/Pool via REUTERS

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier uses a tissue after a ceremony to present the the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Ilse Ritter reads "Wars Unwomanly Face" of Svetlana Alexievich during a ceremony to present the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich looks on before reading her book "War's Unwomanly Face" after she received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German first lady Elke Buedenbender, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich and Mariana Katzarova pose for a picture after a ceremony to present to Alexievich the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Ilse Ritter, German first lady Elke Buedenbender, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich and Mariana Katzarova pose for a picture after a ceremony to present to Alexievich the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Ilse Ritter reacts after reading a book during a ceremony to present the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Ilse Ritter reacts after reading a book during a ceremony to present the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich reacts after reading a book during a ceremony of receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich reads a book after she received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich speaks as she receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich reacts as she receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich speaks as she receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presents the the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presents the the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German first lady Elke Buedenbender, Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich and Mariana Katzarova listen to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a ceremony to present to Alexievich the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and first lady Elke Buedenbender attend a ceremony to present the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich and Mariana Katzarova listen to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a ceremony to present to Alexievich the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich attends a ceremony to receive the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and first lady Elke Buedenbender attend a ceremony to present the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Belarusian Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

German Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters, Swetlana Alexandrowna Alexijewitsch, Belarusian writer and Nobel Prize laureate in literature, and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya pose for a picture as they meet during 'Berlinale Summer Special' film festival in Berlin, Germany June 11, 2021. Christoph Soeder/Pool via REUTERS

German Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters, Swetlana Alexandrowna Alexijewitsch, Belarusian writer and Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Tatsiana Khomich, sister of the arrested Belarusian opposition activist Maryja Kalesnikawa, pose for a picture as they meet during 'Berlinale Summer Special' film festival in Berlin, Germany June 11, 2021. Christoph Soeder/Pool via REUTERS

Swetlana Alexandrowna Alexijewitsch, Belarusian writer and Nobel Prize laureate in literature, reacts as she meets with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (not pictured) during 'Berlinale Summer Special' film festival in Berlin, Germany June 11, 2021. Christoph Soeder/Pool via REUTERS

The bronze statue of the two German literature figures Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goeth is pictured in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater (German National Theatre) during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Weimar, Germany, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Karina Hessland