Just on the news: Literary Nobel prize
Wauw, for the first time in years I’ve not only heard about the winner of the Nobel prize in literature before, I’ve actually read him and (just went into the living room and counted) actually own three of his books. His name is J. M. G. Le Clezio – here’s the Wikipedia article and here’s the article about the prize in The Times.
His books are easy to read, dreamy and timeless. Unless you’re Danish I can’t lend them to you, because the ones I have are all in Danish translations. Le Clezio writes in French, which I don’t master to the degree of reading anything other than restaurant menus.
I’m happy that the Nobel Prize Committee has finally again chosen a writer, who’s accessible and readable to everyone.
(Picture is snatched from The Times)
Just added: Well, of course I’d read Doris Lessing too (I think most people have, if they were around in the days of apartheid). But her prize seemed to be a tribute more than a “recommendation to the world”.
1capac
wrote on 10 October 2008 at 7:47
Yes, but Inger Christensen and Philip Roth are accessible and readable too…
2admin
wrote on 11 October 2008 at 13:25
Oh yes, but they are not Nobel Laureates! I always found Inger Christensen difficult to get into, but I adore Philip Roth and have read quite a few of his books.