30-Jul-2009, 14:12
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: New York City
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Reading: Branwell, Douglas Martin
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Re: Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 Speculation
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Originally Posted by Mirabell
Eco should not get it as a writer of fiction but as a nonfiction writer.
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Why not both? 
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As much as I want a poet to get it, I also want a nonfiction writer to walk away with the prize.
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Yes, a poet!
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Magris, though he writes fiction, too, could get it for his largely essayistic books on teh Danube etc. He sounds as if he was made for the Nobel, really.
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Never heard of him. Say more.
Cheers,
L
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