As I sit here, I find myself wondering why other living authors haven't received a Nobel Prize, but an obscure Swedish poet no one has ever heard of has. I guess this is the same flawless logic that gave an American President fighting three wars the Nobel Peace Prize for just having gotten elected.
Milan Kundera would be a very logical choice, given that his complete works have just been released. I might be a bit hesitant to name Umberto Eco, but any committee that gave the prize to Marquez has no business excluding Eco.
The Nobel Peace committee has thoroughly discredited itself. It seems literature is heading that way. I'm sure this little old man writes splendid poetry, but that doesn't make him significant globally.
Milan Kundera would be a very logical choice, given that his complete works have just been released. I might be a bit hesitant to name Umberto Eco, but any committee that gave the prize to Marquez has no business excluding Eco.
The Nobel Peace committee has thoroughly discredited itself. It seems literature is heading that way. I'm sure this little old man writes splendid poetry, but that doesn't make him significant globally.
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
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
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
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Tomas Transtromer wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 06/10/2011 12:02:12 PM
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Who?
- 06/10/2011 02:14:23 PM
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What a Transtravesty.
- 06/10/2011 02:59:09 PM
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Meh. I guess they were under pressure to produce a Swedish winner again.
- 06/10/2011 05:34:05 PM
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Re: Meh. I guess they were under pressure to produce a Swedish winner again.
- 08/10/2011 05:32:12 PM
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Nobel Prizes just continue to become more and more irrelevant..... *NM*
- 10/10/2011 03:21:43 AM
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