The Nobel Prize in Literature from an Alternative Universe (2008)

[Dave Monroe]

The Nobel Prize in Literature from an Alternative Universe (2008)
by Ted Gioia


Note:  In 2007, I wrote an article on what the Nobel Prize in
Literature might look like in an alternative universe.  This little
piece generated a surprising amount of discussion and debate (see
original article here).

http://www.greatbooksguide.com/nobel2.html

The premise was simple.  As I wrote then: "Imagine a world in which
such honors are exempt from pettiness, politics and tokenism.  Imagine
a Nobel Prize in which the contributions of Proust, Kafka, Nabokov and
Joyce are not forgotten. Imagine a Nobel Prize in Literature in which
genre writers have a chance.  Imagine a Nobel Prize in Literature that
doesn't bend over backward to exclude native born U.S. writers (only
three honored during the last 52 years!)."

These words seem even more relevant to me now than they did a year
ago.   But no matter how bad the Nobel decisions might look, at least
I have my alternative universe.

ALT-REALITY NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE AWARDED TO . . . AN AMERICAN NOVELIST!

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http://www.greatbooksguide.com/altnobel08.html