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Nobel season's right around the corner. Is it alright if I revive this thread? Ngugi Wa Thiog'o's a strong frontrunner this year. I started reading Wizard of the Crow recently and it's solid. Other favorites include Joyce Carol Oates, Milan Kundera,Thomas Pynchon, and, of course, Haruki Murakami. Personally, I would love it if Ko Un took the win this year since his name's been in the running for over a decade now. Tomas Transtromer's a good friend of Un's and for some reason people were making a big stink of it in Korea that he got snubbed in the year Transtromer won, them both being poets and all. It would also be a landmark victory since he would be the first native Korean to win the award. Who are goons rooting for?
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I can remember telling myself a while back that Murakami shouldn't win for that very reason. His stuff's too contemporary, and not innovative at all. But over the years I've looped back only because the dude is such a health nut compared to most writers that I think if he holds out long enough, it's not entirely improbable. But yeah, Kadare would fall in line with the Man Booker International calling it ahead of the Nobel. I've been meaning to check out his stuff. Other Europeans include Umberto Eco and Peter Handke. In the UK, they're also naming Salman Rushdie.
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Sep 18, 2014 12:08
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The announcement's been confirmed for this Thursday. Murakami and Ngugi still among the favorites.
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Oct 6, 2014 16:13
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Okay, well, most of us were way off. Patrick Modiano just won the 2014 Nobel Prize. Good call on saying it would be a European this time around.
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Oct 9, 2014 12:02
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Alice Munro's Wikipedia page was pretty drat bare just before her Nobel win (still doesn't have a picture of her either). Now there's a whole section about her writing process. I'm looking forward to the same treatment on Modiano's page so I can find out who the hell he is. Missing Person sounds interesting.
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Oct 9, 2014 14:22
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