--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > To All: > > > > This may be an opinion by a one guy. But the opinion is food for > > thought as to what Americans are writing about. > > Gotta agree with the gentleman. Toni Morrison > was a good choice, but name me even one American > writing today who is in the same class as Orhan > Pamuk or Doris Lessing or Harold Pinter or V.S. > Naipaul or Gunter Grass.
George W. Bush is the greatest story teller in the last decade. The Nobel Prize for > Literature is a "lifetime achievement" award, > and never for a single book. It is also meant > to reward "the most outstanding work of an > idealistic tendency." > > I'm sorry, but American writers rarely create > a consistently excellent body of work, and their > tendency to be self-absorbed and whine tends to > render the writers devoid of ideals, compared > to writers in other parts of the world. > > Besides, two of the recent winners listed my > favorite author as their favorite author, so > that raises them up higher in my estimation > than the prize does. :-) > > > ************ > > > > Nobel literature chief: US writing too 'insular' 1 hour, 17 minutes > > ago > > > > STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The man who announces the Nobel Prize in > > literature says the United States is too "insular" and ignorant to > > compete with Europe when it comes to great writing. > > > > In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Horace Engdahl > > said Tuesday that "Europe still is the center of the literary > > world." > > > > Engdahl is the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which > > selects the literature prize winner. He is expected to announce the > > winner in the coming weeks. > > > > Engdahl says the U.S. "is too isolated, too insular" and doesn't > > really "participate in the big dialogue of literature." > > > > Since Japanese poet Kenzaburo Oe won in 1994, the selections have > > had a distinct European flavor. The last American winner was Toni > > Morrison in 1993. >
