Nabokov, Neruda and Borges revealed as losers of 1965 Nobel prize http://trib.al/uVyA83G

[Mark Sacha]

Although I would never have picked him over the competition, I have to
stand up for Sholokhov... the people he wrote about didn't last, and I for
one think he did them a service. Recently retranslated as well, usually a
sign of staying power.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> in what ways?.....Sholokov was the wrong choice now or later....hasn't
> lasted....
> They have always wanted to choose THE BEST of the world.
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Johnny Myers <jtmyers586 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > To be fair, the Nobel Prize's definition was restrictive and very
> particular about literature... Which explains why James Joyce lost, too.
> >
> > Johnny
> >
> >> On Jan 6, 2016, at 11:02, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Nabokov, Neruda and Borges revealed as losers of 1965 Nobel prize
> >> http://trib.al/uVyA83G
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