JRR Tolkien snubbed by 1961 Nobel jury, papers reveal

[Robert Mahnke]

It seems odd to me that EM Forster and Robert Frost were ruled because of their "advanced years."

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On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Much as I loved these books as a youngster, I have to admit that I
> think the committee was right. They remain outstanding youth
> literature, as, I have heard, he intended.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Phillip Grayson
> <phillip.grayson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That doesn't sound like he was snubbed so much as ruled out.
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16440150
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>> Be thou the joyful player
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> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
> trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
> of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
> than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant