The Nobel Prize acceptance speech for literature by by László Krasznahorkai (Gyula, Hungary, 1954) has been a call and a warning. The writer of titles such as Satanic Tango (Ediciones del Cráter, 2025) and Melancholy of resistance (Acantilado, 2001) has said that we must be vigilant "about these new angels without wings," among whom he cited billionaire Elon Musk. "With their insane plans, they are taking over people's space and time," Krasznahorkai warned. The writer's intention was to dedicate the speech to hope, but he was forced to change it given the evidence that "the reserves of hope had been completely exhausted." Krasznahorkai has used the term new angels to refer to people who "walk among us dressed in street clothes and appear unsettlingly here and there, in all kinds of situations in our lives."

"We think things are bad now, but I'm a historian, so believe me: things were worse before." Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and professor at Harvard University, gave the inaugural lecture of the Pompeu Fabra University Faculty of Economics and Business on Thursday with a powerful title: Why women won (Why women won, in English).