JRR Tolkien snubbed by 1961 Nobel jury, papers reveal

[Ian Livingston]

It was before ageism was politically incorrect.

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems odd to me that EM Forster and Robert Frost were ruled because of their "advanced years."
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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:
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>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16440150
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>>> --
>>> Maya Maya
>>> All this world is but a play
>>> Be thou the joyful player
>>>
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>> --
>> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
>> 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



-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
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