Gerald Howard on Delillo's Nobel

[Johnny Marr]

I’d heard Peter Handke mentioned as a possible laureate about ten years ago
but took it about as seriously as the possibility of Bob Dylan winning

On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 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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>>>