According to Bourdieu's theory, literary prizes are those specific authorities which contribute in the long run to the conversion of symbolic capital into economic capital. The Nobel Prize played a major role in the unification of a relatively autonomous international literary space, as described by Casanova. It helped create a new canon of world literature, as the Nobel prize winners were widely translated. But whereas Casanova places the emphasis on autonomy, this paper underscores the relative heteronomy that this award conveys. Literary authorities negotiate between autonomous and heteronomous criteria, be they ideological or economic. This paper examines how the symbolic capital of the Nobel Prize has served to reinforce modes of domination. The intersectional and Western domination which biased the selection of laureates slowly evolved into more diversity and inclusiveness. Concentrating on the three last decades, which correspond to the globalization era, we observe however that despite the growing inclusion of non-Western authors, it is the dominant Western cultural intermediaries (publishers and literary agents) who mostly capitalize the symbolic and economic profit of the prize. These observations are based on a quantitative analysis of the publishers of the 33 laureates since 1990 in three languages, English, German and French.

根据布迪厄的理论，文学奖项是那些从长远来看有助于符号资本转化为经济资本的特定权威。正如卡萨诺瓦所描述的那样，诺贝尔奖在统一相对自治的国际文学空间方面发挥了重要作用。随着诺贝尔奖获得者的作品被广泛翻译，它帮助创造了世界文学的新经典。但卡萨诺瓦强调自治，而本文则强调了该奖项所传达的相对他律性。文学权威在自主标准和他律标准之间进行谈判，无论是意识形态的还是经济的。本文探讨了诺贝尔奖的象征资本如何强化统治模式。交叉和西方主导对获奖者的选择产生了偏见，慢慢演变为更加多元化和包容性。然而，关注与全球化时代相对应的过去三个十年，我们观察到，尽管非西方作家的数量不断增加，但占主导地位的西方文化中介机构（出版商和文学经纪人）主要利用了非西方作家的象征性和经济利润。奖项。这些观察结果基于对 1990 年以来 33 名获奖者的出版商以英语、德语和法语三种语言出版的定量分析。占主导地位的西方文化中介机构（出版商和文学代理商）主要利用该奖项的象征性和经济利润。这些观察结果基于对自 1990 年以来 33 名获奖者的出版商以英语、德语和法语三种语言出版的定量分析。占主导地位的西方文化中介机构（出版商和文学代理商）主要利用该奖项的象征性和经济利润。这些观察结果基于对 1990 年以来 33 名获奖者的出版商以英语、德语和法语三种语言出版的定量分析。