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>>Headline news!<<
The 2008 winner is: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, France.
The motivation of the Swedish Academy:
”author of new departures, poetic adventures and sensual ecstasy, explorer of
a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilazation.”
His first book is Le process-verbal, 1963.
His last book is called Ritournelle
de la faim, 2008.
His magnus opus is
considered to be Révolutions, 2003
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>>NEWS<<
CANDIDATES NOBEL PRIZE LITERATURE 2009:
(*= Candidate by Nobelwatchers
in Sweden
and elsewhere)
1. Chinua Achebe (1930) Nigeria *
2 Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said) (1930) Syria
3. John Ashberry
(1927) United States *
4. Margeret Atwood (1939) Canada
*
5. Bei Dao (1949) China
6. Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944) Morocco
7. Inger Christensen (1935) Denmark
*
8. Don Delillo (1936) United
States *
9. Assia Djebar (1936) Algeria *
10. Umberto Eco (1932) Italia *
11. Nuruddin Farah (1945) Somalia *
12. Carlos Fuentes (1928) Mexico
13. Zulfikar Ghose (1935) Pakistan
14. Lars Gustafsson
(1936) Sweden
15. Hella Haasse (1918) The Netherlands
16. Paavo Haavikko (1931) Finland
17. Peter Handke (1942) Austria
18. Michel Houellebecq
(1958) France
19. Ruth Prawer
Jhabvala (1924) Germany/India
20. Ismaïl Kadaré (1936) Albania *
21. Yasar Kemal (1928) Turkey *
22. Un Ko (1933) Korea
23. Milan
Kundera (1929) Czechoslovakia
24. Antonio Lobo Antunes
(1942) Portugal
25. Claudio Magris (1939) Italia
26. Harry Mulisch
(1927) The Netherlands
27. Hertha Müller
(1953) Germany
28. Alice Munro (1931) Canada
29. Haruki Murakami (1949) Japan
*
30. Les A. Murray (1938) Australië
31. Carmen Naranjo
(1931) Costa Rica
32. Cees Nooteboom (1933) The Netherlands
33. Martha Nussbaum
(1947) United States
34. Lars Nóren
(1944) Sweden
35. Joyce Carol Oates (1938) United States *
36. Ben Okri
(1959) Nigeria
37. Michael Ondaatje (1943) Canada
38. Amos Oz (1939) Israel *
39. Thomas Pynchon
(1937) United States
40. Philip Roth (1933) United States *
41. Salman Rushdie (1947) India/
Great-Britain *
42. Nawal el Saadawi (1931) Egypt
43. Edward Schillebeeckx (1914)
44. Sam Shepard (1943) United States
45. Antonio Tabucchi (1942) Italia *
46. Charles Taylor
(1931) Canada
47. Tatyana Tolstaya (1951) Russia
48. Michel Tournier
(1924) Frankrijk
49. Tomas Tranströmer
(1931) Sweden
*
50. John Updike (1932) United States
51. Mario Vargas Llosa (1936) Peru *
52. Christa Wolf (1929) Germany
>>>NEWS<<<
CITATIONS SWEDISH ACADEMY FOR
THE WINNERS
Look at the difference in language in the citations
for the winners from 1901-1907 and the winners for 2001 till 2007.
In 1901 -1907: lofty idealism, monumental work, magnificent and true inspiration,
spirit of his people, brilliant, outstanding merits, creative energy, poetic
masterpieces, world famous author.
And 2001-2007: to see the presence of suppressed histories, barbaric
arbitrariness of history, outsider, absurdity of society’s clichés,
oppression, female experience, scepticism, clash, symbols.
1901 Sully Prudhomme:
“in special recognition of his poetic composition, which
gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection, and a rare combination
of the qualities of both heart and intellect.”
1902 Theodor
Mommsen: “the greatest living master of the art of
historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work History of
Rome.”
1903 Bjørnstjerne
Bjørnson: “as a tribute to his noble, magnificent,
and versatile work as a poet, which has always been
distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of
its spirit.”
1904 Frédéric
Mistral: “in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his
poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native
spirit of his people, and, in addition , his
significant work as a Provençal philologist.”
1904 José de Echegaray
y Eizaguirre: “in recognition of the numerous and
brilliant compositions which, in a individual and
original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama.”
1905 Henryk
Sienkiewicz: “ because of
his outstanding merits as an epic writer.”
1906 Giosuè Carducci:
“not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but
above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and
lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces.”
1907 Rudyard Kipling: “in consideration of the power of observation,
originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for
narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author.”
2001 Sir Vidiadhar S. Naipaul: “for having united perceptive narritive and incorruptible seratiny
in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.”
2002 Imre Kertész:
“ for writing that upholds the fragile experience of
the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history.”
2003 John M. Coetzee: “who in
innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider.”
2004 Elfriede Jelinek: “for her musical flow
of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary
linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society’s clichés and their
subjugating power.’
2005 Harold Pinter: “who in his plays uncovers the
precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed
rooms.”
2006 Orhan Pamuk:
“who in the guest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered
new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.”
2007 Doris Lessing: “that epicist
of the female experience, who with scepticisme,
fire, visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny.”
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