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I was SO bummed out that Oriana Fallaci never got it while she was alive.
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Not sure she would have deserved it more than Primo Levi. Never could make out why they gave it to Imré Kertsz for lit. and Elie Wiesel for Peace, if you please. If they felt they had to give it to Holocaust lit., it should most definitely have gone to Primo Levi.
That being said, I know he is European and very much so, but that other brilliant Italian, Umberto Eco, is as worthy as many other living writers who have received it. (Not mentioning any names here but - Eco compared to Le Clezio or Jellinek!)