Posted at June 27, 2016, 4:47 am:
In less than two hours The Swedish Academy will announce this year's winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature. Maybe it would be a fun idea to have a thread where we discuss the winner; another author we've never heard of.
Seriously though, I am a bit of a retard when it comes to literature. I watch a lot of movies and TV and listen to music and try to keep of with politics and what goes on in the world around us, but I read far too few books.
In my morning paper they had a top 20 list with authors most likely to win the prize (plus three dark horses). I had heard the name of the number one spot, syrian poet Adonis (real name Ali Ahmad Said), but I'm not sure if I'm not thinking of a greek god. Then there's a swede, a poet named Tomas Tranströmer, who I've heard of many times but never read to my knowledge. The rest of the names - nope.
One of the dark horses, and a dark horse every year, is Bob Dylan. But what are the odds really....
Here's the list:
1. Adonis, Syria
2. Orhan Pamuk, Turkey
3. Ismail Kadaré, Albania
4. Inger Christensen, Norway
5. Tomas Tanströmer, Sweden
6. J M G Le Clézio, France
7. Ryzard Kapuscinski, Poland
8. Philip Roth, USA
9. Assia Djebar, Algeria
10. Nuruddin Farah, Somalia
11. Amos Oz, Israel
12. Joyce Carol Oates, USA
13. Gennadij Ajgi, Russia
14. Les Murray, Australia
15. Hertha Müller, Romania/Germany
16. Antonio Taubucchi, Italy
17. Don DeLilio, USA
18. Ko Un, South Korea
19. Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia
20. Adam Zagajewskij, Poland
Dark Horses: Claudio Magris (Italy), Bob Dylan (USA), Jon Fosse (Norway)
Source: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 2005-10-13
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