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Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM
Bunin won because his friends had close ties to the Nobel family, Tolstoy never got one even though he was considered the only real candidate when the first prize was given, they try to give it to authors from shit countries to show they're not focused on European literature, Sholokhov only got it due to massive political pressure from the Soviet Union...

Essentially, I don't think it really means much. It's not QUITE as bad as the Peace Prize (let's not forget that Gandhi never got one of those, but some pretty despicable people DID), but I think it's not really a good way of judging literary merit.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. jh - 26/09/2009 08:17:06 PM 2420 Views
Myself, so far... jh - 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM 1140 Views
Read Faulkner Larry - 26/09/2009 09:05:22 PM 1177 Views
He is on the list, you know. jh - 26/09/2009 09:46:12 PM 1124 Views
Don't listen to Larry Camilla - 28/09/2009 10:02:33 AM 1128 Views
Mann is okay, but... Larry - 30/09/2009 02:21:50 AM 1101 Views
Wow Fantasy - 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM 1121 Views
Oh. jh - 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM 1283 Views
Yes, even people with virtually no education have usually heard of Churchill and/or Kipling. *NM* Tom - 26/09/2009 09:37:59 PM 506 Views
I do! AND I have an education! *NM* Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:36 AM 623 Views
Oh, yes! Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:09 AM 1175 Views
I've read 36 of those Larry - 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM 1175 Views
Well, if Churchill can get it... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:39:04 PM 1081 Views
Nah.... jh - 26/09/2009 09:52:25 PM 1187 Views
Two years later, the total is up to 48 Larry - 10/10/2011 05:18:36 AM 1157 Views
Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works) Tom - 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM 1245 Views
Gee, I wonder what the theme is... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM 1269 Views
It's not so hard to figure that out... jh - 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM 1193 Views
Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM 1248 Views
Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are. jh - 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM 1292 Views
Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM 1151 Views
Read these: Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:43:26 PM 1111 Views
Well. jh - 26/09/2009 09:51:11 PM 1141 Views
Yes. Stephen - 26/09/2009 11:03:01 PM 1150 Views
Let's see. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM 1246 Views
Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically Tom - 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM 1072 Views
I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM 1200 Views
Don't put it on a list at amazon. Put it in the cart, then click on "purchase". Tom - 26/09/2009 10:23:33 PM 1105 Views
I don't buy books online myself. If I did people would never know what to get me. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:26:01 PM 1196 Views
And yet Pasternak isn't on your list. Tom - 28/09/2009 05:28:42 AM 1305 Views
See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak... jh - 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM 1122 Views
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM 1166 Views
I was just gonna ask about that. Legolas - 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM 1256 Views
The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM 1057 Views
There's an ITV film of the book with Keira Knightley. It looks utterly appalling. *NM* Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:25:12 PM 516 Views
For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM 1063 Views
I'll do it if I can have the rest of my life to accomplish it. nossy - 26/09/2009 10:43:53 PM 1131 Views
Only 10 of them. Burr - 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM 1196 Views
From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM* Burr - 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM 603 Views
Only these ones have I already read, but I'll try the challenge. Could take me a while, atm. IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 02:48:10 AM 1048 Views
What'd you think of Transcendence of the Ego? *NM* Dan - 27/09/2009 05:12:35 AM 1175 Views
Hey, Dan, long time no see IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 10:41:02 AM 1298 Views
Just bought a Marquez book *NM* IndigoAjah - 01/10/2009 07:16:22 PM 490 Views
Not very many. Spriteling - 27/09/2009 08:36:14 AM 1303 Views
It would take me a long time to finish this list. Fred Gaidin - 27/09/2009 03:50:02 PM 1162 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Camilla - 28/09/2009 09:55:36 AM 1242 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. jh - 28/09/2009 06:15:01 PM 1069 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Camilla - 28/09/2009 06:51:05 PM 1043 Views
Re: So, I have a list of authors here. It's a bit like Pokémon... Gotta catch them all. Elaine - 29/09/2009 02:20:37 PM 1161 Views
I worked out that the best way to make use of this thread is to remove the names I have read... jh - 02/10/2009 08:43:57 PM 1308 Views
A great deal of those... after a fashion DomA - 08/10/2011 06:30:00 PM 1241 Views
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