Re: JCO: Nobel prize

Hey all,

I often wonder what the point of these prizes could possibly be, other than
the aggrandizement of the august body that dishes them up... but if they
really could serve as a way an obscure but exceptional writer could have
some doors opened, that would be a fine thing.

I'm not sure that JCO is either obscure or needs any doors opened any more.
Certainly it seems like she can put out pretty much anything she wants and
as much of it as often as humanly possible, or somewhat more often than
that, it seems, it do! And her work is well above the radar- it ain't hard
to find. So what is to be gained from awarding her this prize, other than
showing off the good taste of the judges?

Ted

on 10/7/04 9:07 AM, jandsmerritt at jandsmerritt@earthlink.net wrote:

> Hi Randy and Everyone:
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>> We do this every year. I am disappointed that JCO didn't get the
>> award, but that someone with whose work I am not familiar did get
>> it doesn't upset me--it just makes me curious. Who is this
>> unfamiliar (to me) writer who is good enough to get a Nobel
>> prize? That's kind of exciting--a directed discovery.
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> I agree. Jelinek may be an outstanding writer. However, I suspect that the
> Academy, aside from honoring her accomplishments, may also have wanted to
> send an anti-Joerg Haider message.
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> Steve
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