Bestseller or dark horse for 2022 Nobel Literature Prize?

A bust of Alfred Nobel on display at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: AP

The Swedish Academy will on Thursday announce the 2022 winner of the often-criticised Nobel Literature Prize, with the award committee known for its penchant for spotlighting lesser-known writers over bestselling authors.

In the past two years, the 18-member Academy has bestowed the prestigious prize on US poet Louise Gluck and Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah, two writers whose work had not been widely translated and was not known to the broad public - or even some publishers.