Showing posts with label Nobel Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nobel Prize. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

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Abdulrazak Gurnah on Gravel Heart (via YouTube.com) I haven't blogged much this year, for a variety of reasons, but I did want to post a...
Friday, May 04, 2018

As Ignoble Scandal Unfolds, No 2018 Nobel Literature Prize

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One of this site's perennials used to be my fall  Nobel  speculation posts. These would usually appear a week or so before the Swedi...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Poem: Tomas Tranströmer

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Tomas Tranströmer (World Literature Today) In 2011, Tomas Tranströmer  (1931-2015), a highly regarded but perhaps not widely known Sw...
Friday, March 24, 2017

RIP Mari Evans & Derek Walcott

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Within the last few weeks, two major Black poets, Mari Evans  (1919/1923?-2017) and Derek Walcott (1930-2017), have passed. Unsurprisi...
Friday, October 21, 2016

RIP Kelly & Antin + Dylan A No Show So Far + Nobel Thinkers

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Brigit Pegeen Kelly (Academy of American Poets) I was very sorry to learn via Twitter that poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly  had passed away...
Monday, October 03, 2016

Updated: Perennial Post: Who'll Receive the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?

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UPDATE: ABSURDITY (A short Nobel Prize in Literature play*) Swedish Academy Guy 1: Ngugi should get it. SA Guy 2: Ko Un. Very good poe...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Who Will Receive the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature?

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UPDATE : Svetlana Aleksijevitj/Alexievich,  a Ukrainian native now long resident in Belarus , and author of several major works of nonfi...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Patrick Modiano Wins the Nobel Prize

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Patrick Modiano (© SIPA) For many years, as some of my students will attest, I have shared with them my ongoing fascination with writer...