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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 2489 Views
Myself, so far... jh - 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM 1208 Views
Read Faulkner Larry - 26/09/2009 09:05:22 PM 1264 Views
He is on the list, you know. jh - 26/09/2009 09:46:12 PM 1193 Views
Don't listen to Larry Camilla - 28/09/2009 10:02:33 AM 1203 Views
Mann is okay, but... Larry - 30/09/2009 02:21:50 AM 1177 Views
Wow Fantasy - 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM 1187 Views
Oh. jh - 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM 1350 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 542 Views
I do! AND I have an education! *NM* Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:36 AM 662 Views
Oh, yes! Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:09 AM 1242 Views
I've read 36 of those Larry - 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM 1244 Views
Well, if Churchill can get it... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:39:04 PM 1151 Views
Nah.... jh - 26/09/2009 09:52:25 PM 1248 Views
Two years later, the total is up to 48 Larry - 10/10/2011 05:18:36 AM 1225 Views
Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works) Tom - 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM 1310 Views
Gee, I wonder what the theme is... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM 1334 Views
It's not so hard to figure that out... jh - 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM 1260 Views
Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM 1312 Views
Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are. jh - 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM 1358 Views
Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM 1221 Views
Read these: Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:43:26 PM 1179 Views
Well. jh - 26/09/2009 09:51:11 PM 1218 Views
Yes. Stephen - 26/09/2009 11:03:01 PM 1260 Views
Let's see. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM 1317 Views
Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically Tom - 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM 1136 Views
I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM 1274 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 1180 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 1263 Views
And yet Pasternak isn't on your list. Tom - 28/09/2009 05:28:42 AM 1383 Views
See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak... jh - 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM 1191 Views
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM 1236 Views
I was just gonna ask about that. Legolas - 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM 1322 Views
The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM 1129 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 552 Views
For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM 1140 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 1202 Views
Only 10 of them. Burr - 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM 1284 Views
From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM* Burr - 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM 643 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 1123 Views
What'd you think of Transcendence of the Ego? *NM* Dan - 27/09/2009 05:12:35 AM 1245 Views
Hey, Dan, long time no see IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 10:41:02 AM 1367 Views
Just bought a Marquez book *NM* IndigoAjah - 01/10/2009 07:16:22 PM 521 Views
Not very many. Spriteling - 27/09/2009 08:36:14 AM 1377 Views
It would take me a long time to finish this list. Fred Gaidin - 27/09/2009 03:50:02 PM 1305 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 1315 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 1152 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 1124 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 1239 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 1384 Views
A great deal of those... after a fashion DomA - 08/10/2011 06:30:00 PM 1313 Views
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