Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
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Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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As though there could be any doubt.
Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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I have to say that the announcement was very anti-climatic. The new Permanent Secretary has no charisma.
That being said, I'm glad it went to a poet.
That being said, I'm glad it went to a poet.
namelesshere
Reader
I think this scuppers Carson's chances going forward.
Bartleby
Moderator
I like Mats Malm
namelesshere
Reader
Was Gluck checked out last year in any volume?
Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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I like Mats Malm
...why?
Probably safe to remove Mayrocker, Simic, and Carson, as they were all most likely debated against Glück.
Verkhovensky
Well-known member
Big dissapointment for me, an author never translated into my language
Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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haha that question about Handke
Bartleby
Moderator
I don’t know. There’s something about his face that I like, and his composure, his apparent stoicism, his seriousness... his no bs posture
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Big dissapointment for me, an author never translated into Croatian
Hopefully the Nobel means you'll get her translated soon!
namelesshere
Reader
I've heard a few mentions of classicism and myth on the twitter live feed so personally I'd be removing Carson on that basis (albeit I'm not personally familiar with Gluck's work to compare the two). She might not be from the USA but she is North American and works out of the USA.
Daniel del Real
Moderator
No way. Honestly, the first time I heard her name was in this thread, and because of the Nobel Library. If not, probably we wouldn't have listed her here.
Bartleby
Moderator
I’m happy and a bit disappointed... Some of the poems I read from her early career were a bit awkward, a bit too unsubtle about feminist ideas (no problem with expressing these ideas, but well) but then at some point they were really good, perhaps from The Wild Iris on, the ones from Faithful and Virtuous Night being my favourites... so I guess it’s ok to improve with time...
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Reactions from the tv studio:
- Finally a poet! Not counting Dylan in 2016 the only poet awarded in the 21st century was Tomas Tranströmer in 2011 and there have been very bad misses from the SA during these years like Inger Christensen and John Ashbery.
- Only 1 out of 3 experts in the studio had read her. The one who mentioned her as a guess had not and based her guess on that she had read a great review of her written by one of the Nobel Committee members.
namelesshere
Reader
Louise Gluck featured in Alex Shephard's "These American's Aren't Going to Win" section:
- Louise Gluck (Least irritating poet whose work you regularly encounter on Instagram; 25–1 odds)