Nobel Prize in Literature

[Zenodotus_the_Ephesian]

Well, considering that George Brassens - an infinitely greater artist - never got any prize (well ... except a park named after him in the south of Paris and a cenotaph in his native Sète), I find it hard to see why Dylan should get this particular one, all the more so, since I happen to agree with Workerbee that Amos Oz should get it.

But - having mentioned Workerbee - there is I guess a small consolation for her: one Nobel less to upload, one lazy weekend more https://pirates-forum.org/images/smilies/blush.gif https://pirates-forum.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif

(woops ... no, I just saw the Dylan upload!)

[AareOnaKakanfo]

I was watching the announcement live and my jaw dropped when I heard Dylan's name.  You could hear the audible astonishment among those assembled in the hall.  I imagine there are many people who will think it's a practical joke when they first hear the news.  Six hours later, I'm still a little taken aback by it all, not sure what to make of it.

At least one singer-songwriter will finally have a little money in his pocket.  For the proverbial rainy day when the hard rain falls.

I doubt he needs the money.

[joew771]

When I heard that Dylan won the prize I wanted to stab all of the Nobel voters. He is a decent poet, but he hasn't written anything meaningful for 40 years or more. If they wanted to give it to him they should have done it then. They have fallen victim to 'member berries' it seems, like so many others. Too bad. There were many more deserving recipients of this award. F**K!

[tintanman]

What about Paul Theroux?

[Zenodotus_the_Ephesian]

I see last year's thread is revived, as this year's announcement is getting closer. My own best guesses would be Amos Oz, Javier Marias, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, and Margaret Atwood. Geography would probably work in favour of no 2 and 3. My own preference would definitely be Amos Oz.

What are your thoughts?

[workerbee]

Two factors to consider when trying to predict the 2017 prize:

By my reckoning, writers from the same country winning back-to-back is extremely rare. In the 116-year history of the Literature prize, it's only happened once before: T. S. Eliot (1948) and William Faulkner (1949), assuming you count Eliot as an American.  With Bob Dylan having won last year, it's almost inconceivable that an American would win again in 2017.  (On the other hand, I would have given Dylan an "almost inconceivable" rating last year, so that shows my predictive power.)

Writers in the same language have won in back-to-back years only 3 times in the history of the Prize, the last time in 1991-1993 (a three-peat: Gordimer / Walcott / Morrison).  Before that, you have to go back to 1953-1954 (Churchill / Hemingway).  It therefore seems highly unlikely that the 2017 prize would go to an English-language author.

So I'm really going out on a limb by predicting: not an American, and not an English-language author.

[Zenodotus_the_Ephesian]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/books...&smtyp=cur
OK, it's Kazuo Ishiguro, after all. I am not convinced that his latest books are as good as the earlier ones, but there is no doubt that he deserves it.

[workerbee]

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."

Torrent: https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/18692474/

[contrail]

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."

Torrent: https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/18692474/

You were right about an English person not winning it. Next year I think an English person will win it.

Thx for torrent.

[workerbee]

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."

Olga Tokarczuk




The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

Peter Handke



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