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posted 09-10-2008 18:26

 		 
Has just won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

I'll put my hand up and admit that I had never heard of him before this announcement.

Anyone not in that position? Linus? 1890??
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posted 10-10-2008 02:00

 		 
I'd never heard of him either, but apparently he is the cousin of two sisters I was friends with in high school. I know that because one of them mentioned it on her facebook page today.
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posted 10-10-2008 15:45

 		 
I've been reading about this in Geneva, any discusion about the nomination has been side-stepped in favour of a polemic caused by the Nobel foundation head basically accusing US writers of being insular non-entities which is why they hardly ever win the prize unlike Europeans. US intellectuals did not react too well to that...
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posted 10-10-2008 16:48

 		 
I think some of your "controversial" Nobel judge's comments were near the money, but it's ironic that they've effectively pushed US writers centre-stage instead of drawing attention to the French winner.
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posted 10-10-2008 16:51

 		 
That's been a big part of the coverage here as well; there has been an explicit theme in several of the reports that this is essentially to "even things out" for the Toni Morrison award (which is a bit weird, as that was 15 years ago, and no American had won since).

One of Italy's most respected literary critics has described Le Clezio as "mediocre".

I don't think they've done themselves any favours here.
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posted 10-10-2008 17:18

 		 
Is this a prominent discussion of conversation in the mainstream press over there or are you just reading about it on literature blogs and what not?
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posted 10-10-2008 17:21

 		 
It's front page news here.

Below the fold, but still front page. And it got two paragraphs and a photo in La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Italian newspapers are still much more "literary" than their US counterparts.
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