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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 2512 Views
Myself, so far... jh - 26/09/2009 08:22:52 PM 1231 Views
Read Faulkner Larry - 26/09/2009 09:05:22 PM 1288 Views
He is on the list, you know. jh - 26/09/2009 09:46:12 PM 1222 Views
Don't listen to Larry Camilla - 28/09/2009 10:02:33 AM 1230 Views
Mann is okay, but... Larry - 30/09/2009 02:21:50 AM 1198 Views
Wow Fantasy - 26/09/2009 08:52:10 PM 1209 Views
Oh. jh - 26/09/2009 09:01:31 PM 1377 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 555 Views
I do! AND I have an education! *NM* Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:36 AM 690 Views
Oh, yes! Fantasy - 27/09/2009 03:56:09 AM 1272 Views
I've read 36 of those Larry - 26/09/2009 09:04:18 PM 1275 Views
Well, if Churchill can get it... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:39:04 PM 1178 Views
Nah.... jh - 26/09/2009 09:52:25 PM 1269 Views
Two years later, the total is up to 48 Larry - 10/10/2011 05:18:36 AM 1251 Views
Okay, I've read a few of these people. (EDITED to specify what works) Tom - 26/09/2009 09:36:31 PM 1338 Views
Gee, I wonder what the theme is... Legolas - 26/09/2009 09:37:38 PM 1361 Views
It's not so hard to figure that out... jh - 26/09/2009 09:44:55 PM 1279 Views
Why is that? Because the prize is utterly meaningless? Tom - 26/09/2009 09:58:39 PM 1337 Views
Of course it is meaningless, all prizes are. jh - 26/09/2009 10:08:36 PM 1379 Views
Oh...but those are the "Some People" that I look down my elitist nose at. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:18:01 PM 1242 Views
Read these: Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:43:26 PM 1204 Views
Well. jh - 26/09/2009 09:51:11 PM 1243 Views
Yes. Stephen - 26/09/2009 11:03:01 PM 1286 Views
Let's see. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:58:12 PM 1336 Views
Of all the Russian authors to receive the prize, Solzhenitsyn is the worst stylistically Tom - 26/09/2009 10:03:11 PM 1169 Views
I've been meaning to read Pasternak for such a long time. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 10:06:28 PM 1297 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 1203 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 1288 Views
And yet Pasternak isn't on your list. Tom - 28/09/2009 05:28:42 AM 1407 Views
See, I can't remember if I read Pasternak... jh - 26/09/2009 10:11:14 PM 1215 Views
It's one of my favorite books of all time. Tom - 26/09/2009 10:21:37 PM 1260 Views
I was just gonna ask about that. Legolas - 26/09/2009 10:23:44 PM 1349 Views
The movie destroyed the entire idea of the book. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:00:54 AM 1152 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 563 Views
For what it's worth, the recent Russian miniseries wasn't fantastic. Tom - 27/09/2009 03:02:25 AM 1162 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 1227 Views
Only 10 of them. Burr - 26/09/2009 11:53:47 PM 1306 Views
From my list, Hesse's Siddhartha is my foremost recommendation. *NM* Burr - 26/09/2009 11:55:03 PM 653 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 1145 Views
What'd you think of Transcendence of the Ego? *NM* Dan - 27/09/2009 05:12:35 AM 1268 Views
Hey, Dan, long time no see IndigoAjah - 27/09/2009 10:41:02 AM 1391 Views
Just bought a Marquez book *NM* IndigoAjah - 01/10/2009 07:16:22 PM 532 Views
Not very many. Spriteling - 27/09/2009 08:36:14 AM 1403 Views
It would take me a long time to finish this list. Fred Gaidin - 27/09/2009 03:50:02 PM 1341 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 1340 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 1177 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 1146 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 1286 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 1407 Views
A great deal of those... after a fashion DomA - 08/10/2011 06:30:00 PM 1334 Views
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