WLF Prize in Literature 2023

How many writers should our shortlist consist of?

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Stevie B

Stevie B

Current Member
Liam said:
I am fairly certain someone has been nominating Danielle Steel for the last 3 years in a row.
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Not sure who that person might be, but to be fair, I've always heard war literature doesn't get much grittier than Danielle Steel's Message from Nam. ?
 
Liam

Liam

Administrator
My mistake, I thought today was the last day to vote, and I can't wait to see the list, LOL.
 
Abhi

Abhi

Well-known member
Yeah I'm very excited to see the list as well. Was hoping Bartleby's cat would run over the keyboard and post it already ;)
 
Bartleby

Bartleby

Moderator
Time's up!

Without further delay:

There were 36 nominations proposed; they are as follows (by order of submission):

1) Antonio Lobo Antunes, 2) Enrique Vila-Matas, 3) Marie NDiaye
1) Hwang Sok-Yong, 2) Ibrahim Al Koni, 3) Lyudmila Ulitskaya
1) Isabel Allende, 2) Amélie Nothomb, 3) Milan Kundera
1) Ismail Kadare, 2) Cormac McCarthy, 3) António Lobo Antunes
1) Duong Thu Huong, 2) Can Xue, 3) Ngugi wa Thiong'o
1) Jhumpa Lahiri, 2) Michael Ondaatje, 3) Michel Houellebecq
1) Louise Erdrich, 2) Jamaica Kincaid, 3) Scholastique Mukasonga
1) Jon Fosse, 2) Dubravka Ugresic, 3) Michael Ondaatje
1) Can Xue 2) Péter Nádas 3) Adonis
1) Duong Thu Huong, 2) Garielle Lutz, 3) Hamid Ismailov
1) Anne Carson, 2) Jon Fosse 3) Arthur Sze
1) António Lobo Antunes, 2) Nélida Piñon, 3) Dubravka Ugresič.
1) Garielle Lutz, 2) Scholastique Mukasonga, 3) Jamaica Kincaid
1) Jon Fosse, 2) Nino Haratischwili, 3) Geetanjali Shree
1) Diamela Eltit, 2) Ibrahim al Koni, 3) Nuruddin Farah
1) Ismail Kadare, 2) Pierre Michon, 3) Michael Ondaatje
1) Anne Carson 2) Robin Robertson 3) Franketienne
1) Antonio Lobo Antunes, 2) Ana Blandiana, 3) Zoe Wicomb
1) Jenny Erpenbeck 2) Andrei Makine 3) Daniel Kehlmann
1) António Lobo Antunes 2) Elena Ferrante 3) Magdalena Tulli
1) Don DeLillo, 2) Ismail Kadare, 3) John Ralston Saul
1) Yoko Tawada, 2) David Grossman, 3) Anne Carson
1) Pierre Michon, 2) Antonio Lobo Antunes, 3) Can Xue
1) Marie NDiaye, 2) Yoko Ogawa, 3) Cynan Jones
1) Antonio Lobo Antunes, 2) Scholastique Mukasonga, 3) Michael Ondaatje
1) Jon Fosse, 2) Michael Ondaatje, 3) Mikhail Shishkin
1) Anne Carson, 2) Jenny Erpenbeck, 3) Cyril Wong
1) Vladimir Sorokin, 2) Yoko Tawada, 3) Marie Ndiaye
1) Yoko Ogawa, 2) Scholastique Mukasonga, 3)Can Xue
1) Antonio LOBO ANTUNES; 2) Scholastique MUKASONGA; 3) Jon FOSSE
1) Haruki Murakami, 2) Mia Couto, 3) Ismail Kadare
1) Yan Lianke, 2) Jenny Erpenbeck, 3) Alain Mabanckou
1) Nelida Piñon, 2) Can Xue, 3)Yoko Ogawa
1) Minae Mizumura, 2) Scholastique Mukasonga, 3) Jenny Erpenbeck
1) Mia Couto, 2) Cynan Jones, 3) Rose Tremain
1) Geetanjali Shree, 2) Sonallah Ibrahim, 3) Jose Eduardo Agualusa
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By a system of points (in which the candidate in spot 1 received 3 points; the one in spot 2 received 2 points; and the one in spot 3 received 1 point) this is the final list by order of points received:

Antonio Lobo Antunes 21
Jon Fosse 12
Scholastique Mukasonga 11
Anne Carson 10
Ismail Kadare 9
Can Xue 9
Jenny Erpenbeck 8
Michael Ondaatje 7
Yoko Ogawa 6
Garielle Lutz 5
Pierre Michon 5
Yoko Tawada 5
Nélida Piñon 5
Mia Couto 5
Marie NDiaye 4
Ibrahim al Koni 4
Duong Thu Huong 4
Geethanjali Shree 4
Hwang Sok-Yong 3
Isabel Allende 3
Jhumpa Lahiri 3
Louise Erdrich 3
Jamaica Kincaid 3
Dubravka Ugresič 3
Diamela Eltit 3
Don DeLillo 3
Vladimir Sorokin 3
Haruki Murakami 3
Yan Lianke 3
Minae Mizumura 3
Cynan Jones 3
Enrique Vila-Matas 2
Amélie Nothomb 2
Cormac 2
Péter Nádas 2
Nino Haratischwili 2
Robin Robertson 2
Ana Blandiana 2
Andrei Makine 2
ELena Ferrante 2
David Grossman 2
Sonallah Ibrahim 2
Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1
Milan Kundera 1
Ngugi wa Thiong'o 1
Michel Houellebecq 1
Adonis 1
Hamid Ismailov 1
Arthur Sze 1
Nuruddin Farah 1
Franketienne 1
Zoe Wicomb 1
Daniel Kehlmann 1
Magdalena Tulli 1
John Ralston Saul 1
Cyril Wong 1
Mikhail Shishkin 1
Alain Mabanckou 1
Rose Tremain 1
Jose Eduardo Agualusa 1
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If there are any mistakes in the lists above, please let me know ;)

As you can see, the three names with most points are:

Antonio Lobo Antunes 21
Jon Fosse 12
Scholastique Mukasonga 11

with Anne Carson coming close with 10 points.

We should think on whether to include Anne Carson already, or only if (the gods of Literature forbid), as happened last year, one of our shortlisted authors pass away...

Once we determine this (please vote on the poll on the top of the page!), I'll open (or not) a page of discussions for Carson.

That's it for now. I am really thankful to everyone for submitting their nominations! I hope we can have fun discussions about these writers' works :)
 
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