Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Speculation

[Dante]

Non è ancora finita, ragazzi.

Hai ragione, amico. Ma non sono troppo ottimista!

Too bad, Dante, Magris was my first choice too. But like I said a while ago in this thread, because he was my first choice, he was probably doomed

Haha if so, next year remember to root for someone you really can't stand!

Beyond Danube, where should a reader go with Magris?

Blameless and Microcosmos are equally good. But if you want to appreciate his stature, I suggest you to read his academic works. He's an hell of an essayist!

I'm afraid this is the case. Knowing Sara, this is how it is going to be in the following years.

2016 Male singer
2017 Female Writer
2018 Male Painter
2017 Female Writer
2019 Male Photographer
2020 Female Writer

She might be trying to balance the number of female writers and male writers by sabotaging the latter.

LOL.

 

[CapreseBoi]

where's the ladbrokes list i can't find it :/

 

[Dante]

Only 20'...I can't take it anymore.

After Dylan's fiasco, this year I wasn't that enthusiast about the prize anymore. But you guys literally overturned that feeling and I had real fun in these days! Thanks for that.

 

[CapreseBoi]

I have this feeling it's a Scandinavian. I'm gonna bet on Sirkka Turkka even if I just heard about her right this minute as I was reading the bettin list in Nicerodds lol.

 

[Uemarasan]

Also, Lessing wrote science fiction. And Atwood, well...

 

[Bartleby]

where's the ladbrokes list i can't find it :/

https://m.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/#!event_details?id=225689183

 

[HaveOneOnMe]

What about Anne Carson?

Oh please God yes. If it's Atwood, I will crap a brick and scream! if it's Carson, I'll crap mud and holler with J O Y.

 

[Marba]

Also, Lessing wrote science fiction. And Atwood, well...

On the sci-fi Horace Engdahl answered the question if a winner is aloud to write "bad books" and still win the Nobel in a talk show a couple of years ago and he brought up the sci-fi of Lessing as an example (together with some books from Grass I think) as literature he didn't understand but that if writers weren't aloud to write bad books also there would barely be anyone to give the prize to.

 

[Tony_Malone]

The Ladbrokes list has gone again - Atwood led at 7/2, from Ngugi wa Thiong'o (4/1) and Murakami (5/1).

 

[Ruuh]

Does the "Did you know?" bit on their website change from time to time? Because now there are a lot of the clues posted before: only 14 women have won the literature prize, the oldest and youngest winner... and also the fact that 4 Literature Prizes have been divided between two persons. A shared prize between a young and old writer could be quite interesting.

 

[peter_d]

I can still access it. Delillo moved up to 10/1 (from 14/1, so nothing shocking). Some last minute betting is going on.

 

[Sevastefo]

To me, this year it will be Marias, Adonis or Wa Thiongo'o

 

[Dante]

So far, I'd say: El-Saadawi, Marías, Thiongo'o/Farah, Ko Un, Malouf.

But I hope I'm wrong, since I'm still rooting for Adonis and Magris!

 

[Ater Lividus Ruber & V]

Sara needs to make a move.

 

[Bartleby]

Like it or not if it is Atwood it will be the perfect ocasion for them to bring back the general public's attention to the prize, I mean, after Dylan and all...

 

[Sisyphus]

I do hope it's a shared prize this year.

 

[Dante]

Here we are!

 

[Stewart]

Speculation on the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 has now ended. Please visit this thread to discuss the 2017 laureate.