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| Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete |
| 2008-10-01 |
| STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing. Counters the head of the U.S. National Book Foundation: "Put him in touch with me, and I'll send him a reading list." As the Swedish Academy enters final deliberations for this year's award, permanent secretary Horace Engdahl said it's no coincidence that most winners are European. |
| Posted by:Spaish Flomble3461 |
| #13 "And who could forget Rigoberta Menchu?" |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-01 22:52 |
| #12 I'd like to recommend Al Gore Jr.'s "Earth in the Balance" to the Scandi Twat Committee: It was good enough for the other twats. |
| Posted by: Uleth Guelph1169 2008-10-01 22:08 |
| #11 People who actually want to buy what she produced! Damn that economic democracy where people vote with their wallets rather than listening to their academic literary betters. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-10-01 13:37 |
| #10 Look for Obama to win it the week before the election. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-10-01 13:22 |
| #9 Yeah, RD. But then you could try a more practical approach and write something that people actually wanna read enough to plunk down a few bucks for it. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-10-01 11:58 |
| #8 And who could forget Rigoberta Menchu? |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-10-01 11:53 |
| #7 There was that really anti-American Indian woman, Cornsilk Blondie...Aryat something might be her name. Writes as if she's up for a BA in creative writing, and it's her senior thesis. That's the core of being successful at winning a Nobel trailing wife. Confess how Coarse and Unsophisticated the USA is. Add to your critique at least a liter of Snotty Snobbery illustrating how illiterate and Uncultured the Fat-Arsed Americans are. In other werds grovel and apologize to the elite EYourpeans about breathing their air. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-10-01 11:36 |
| #6 The Harry Potter author wins the most valuable prize. People who actually want to buy what she produced! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-10-01 11:18 |
| #5 There was that really anti-American Indian woman, Cornsilk Blondie...Aryat something might be her name. Writes as if she's up for a BA in creative writing, and it's her seniour thesis. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-01 10:59 |
| #4 With all due respect, who the hell can even name a recent winner (within the past 5 years) of the Nobel Prize for Literature? |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-10-01 10:41 |
| #3 Oh, well something else to lose sleep over. Well, not really... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-01 10:12 |
| #2 I wouldn't wipe my ass with many of the books that they call "literature". Political propaganda is a better word for it. The Nobel prize has the stain of elitism upon it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-10-01 10:10 |
| #1 It regularly faces accusations of snobbery, Can't imagine why... |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-10-01 09:49 |