Gerald Howard on Delillo's Nobel

[Mark Kohut]

I'm with those singing "It Ain't Him, Babe".,.....

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:32 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> there's no arguing that but man was Peter Handke a terrible choice. Delillo
> probably doesnt much care. Hopefully we get one more book from him. He said
> he was writing something that takes place 3 yrs hence but who knows now
> with covid--I'm guessing our current dilemma has upended a number of
> projects
>
> rich
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:05 PM Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I should have said white western MALE authors
> >
> > And with good reason - we can all compile our own list of great writers
> > who didn’t receive the Nobel, and women are particularly
> underrepresented.
> > John Galsworthy but not Virginia Woolf?
> >
> > On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I think De Lillo deserves it but I also think the Nobel committee are
> >> likely conscious of over representing white Western authors, so I doubt
> he
> >> will win it this year, especially as Handke was awarded it in 2019.
> >>
> >> Same reason McCarthy, Kundera, Stoppard and indeed TRP are unlikely to
> >> win it this year.
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> »richly«, yes?
> >>>
> >>> Am Mi., 1. Apr. 2020 um 16:53 Uhr schrieb rich <
> richard.romeo at gmail.com
> >>> >:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> https://www.bookforum.com/print/2701/why-don-delillo-deserves-the-nobel-23926
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Why Don DeLillo deserves the Nobel
> >>> > GERALD HOWARD <https://www.bookforum.com/contributor/gerald-howard>
> >>> >
> >>> > Do you find it as obvious as I do that Don DeLillo richly deserves to
> >>> > receive the Nobel Prize in Literature? And right away, as in this
> year?
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