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Old 08-Oct-2009, 02:28
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Default Re: Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 Speculation

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Originally Posted by Scott89119 View Post
Here's just hoping they have selected someone with a distinguished enough ouevre, and not go obscure for obscurity's sake. Then again, for every Szymborska, Kertesz and Xinjian there's a Naipaul, Coetzee and Lessing, so who the hell knows.
If Stewart is right in # 423, then Tomas Venclova is our next winner. Is that obscure enough for you? I mean, Tomas WHO?



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