2012 Nobel Prize for Literature – My Personal Shortlist
Strange. I can’t shake the feeling that when the Nobel literature committee sends white smoke up its chimney on Thursday, it will smell like pepernoten and Cees Nooteboom will have a very busy day....
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“If I were to choose a Nobel Laureate, it would be Mo Yan.” – Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature As I stood in the morning sun on...
View ArticleTHE REPUBLIC OF WINE: Mo Yan’s Cultural Exhibition
Everyone wants a Nobel Prize. Chilean poet Nicanor Parra feels he should get the “Nobel Prize for Reading”. How many aspiring writers feel they have the “Nobel Prize for Potential” in the bag? Nobel...
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