NOBEL PRIZE THREAD

[Anonymous No.13853852]

Who do you guys think will be taking the prize this year?

For me, its Jon Fosse, the greatest writer of our time.

Don't forget that two writers will be getting the prize this time!

[Anonymous No.13853863]

I honestly don't care anymore. They wasted one of those in a freaking folk singer.

[Anonymous No.13853962]

unless he's an anglophone that is being spoonfed to students in literature departments, I simply do not care

[Anonymous No.13853978]

After Bob "boomercore" Dylan, I don't particularly give a toss about the Nobel.
Still rooting for Krasznahorkai.

[Anonymous No.13853998]

I used to care about this lel...

Also
>beckett ripoff
>goat

[Anonymous No.13854017]

>>13853998
Beckett + a touch of Bernhard (fosse’s translation work kinda ended up limiting his fiction work)

[Anonymous No.13855226]

Someone from Asia (China or Japan) who never positioned himself about any political matter that may be a problem.

[Anonymous No.13855262]

One American and one outside Europe/N. America. Maybe McCarthy and Thiong'o.

[Anonymous No.13855273]

>>13853863
And a jew no less. But they're overrepresented because they're smart and not because of ethnic nepotism.

[Anonymous No.13855275]

>>13853852
I hope Houellebecq does

[Anonymous No.13855606]

>>13853852
OKAY YOU FUCKIN C UCKS

THE WINNERS ARE:
HOLLABACK GIRL
AND
OUR BELOVED TRANNY VOLLWOMANN

(Houellebecq and Vollmann, for the mentally challenged)

SCREENCAP THIS MOTHERFUCKER OR YOU WILL DIE PAINFULLY IN MANY YEARS FROM NOW.

[Anonymous No.13855624]

>>13853852
what's the best place to start with Fosse? Never heard of him

[Anonymous No.13856253]

>>13853852
Wont be an American
Won’t be hourllebecq (no chance)
Won’t be Krasznahorkai

They’ll probably choose an Asian or South American author.

[Anonymous No.13856444]

>>13853852
Nobel prize? More like cock sucking commie prize.

[Anonymous No.13856547]

>>13856444
American """"humour""""

[Anonymous No.13856550]

>>13856253
Houllebecq was awarded one of the most prestigious merits in Europe, which is the Legion of Honour. Don't write him off so easily. He might not win this year but he will eventually.

[Anonymous No.13856562]

PYNCHON FACE REVEAL (yes I saw the photos from this year)

[Anonymous No.13856572]

Some female niggers.

[Anonymous No.13857128]

>>13855624
The triology

[Anonymous No.13857482]

Angie Thomas

[Anonymous No.13857588]

what about murnane

[Anonymous No.13857599]

>>13853852
When would the prizes be announced?

[Anonymous No.13857604]

>>13857588
Who tf actually enjoys reading Gerald ? College teacher writing.

[Anonymous No.13857652]

>>13853852
Since there are two prizes this year one of them may very well be given to an american. Unfortunately, the academy being the way it is, that american writer will not be male. My guess is Joyce Carol Oates.

Pynchon/DeLillo/McCarthy will never win, unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.13857663]

>>13857599
oct 10. i think å

[Anonymous No.13857676]

>>13855273
>writers
>smart
nigger please

[Anonymous No.13857678]

>>13856547
Gay homo man butt lover ''''''humour''''''

[Anonymous No.13857695]

>>13857652
>My guess is Joyce Carol Oates.
I fucking hate her writing. (Who reads that woman, actually ? Older catladies ?)

[Anonymous No.13857716]

>>13853852

One prize will almost certainly go to an established european author like Ismail Kadare or Dag Solstad. This boards darlings - Houellebecq, Knausgaard, Krasznahorkai are all to young to get the nobel yet.

The other prize will then probably go to an obscure european poet - possibly from Sweden - or some very established ethnic writer like Adunis or Ngugi

I doubt that an american will win this year, because the last two prizes went to anglosphere writers. But if an American does win its more likely to be Marilynne Robinson than it is Pynchon.

[Anonymous No.13857722]

i've been waiting on krasznahorkai for a while

or pynchon

[Anonymous No.13857736]

>>13857716
Is Kadare still alive ? Solstad is meh but why not... college teacher writing.

And people here keep posting krasznahorkai but I guess Peter Nadas (which is arguably more accomplished after Parallel Stories) doesn’t exist ?

[Anonymous No.13857748]

>>13853852
after that whole scandal they need to recover their woke points, they will probably award it to some fat black transvestite for its outstanding twitter feed

[Anonymous No.13857756]

>>13853852
better be J.M. Coetzee

[Anonymous No.13857779]

>>13857756
Is this bait ?

[Anonymous No.13857875]

>>13856550
>the most prestigious merits in Europe, which is the Legion of Honour
I'm french, and I like to consider myself a patriot, but this just not true. A lot of nobody got it every year.

[Anonymous No.13857934]

>>13857716
> Dag Solstad

Didn't even hit me that he could be a candidate for the prize. He actually just released a book, and he'll be visiting my local library next week so I'll actually get to see him! Would be fun to see him get the prize, even though I think it's a higher chance of Fosse getting it.

Knausgård is definitely not getting it. That would be a major surprise, even though he might deserve it.

[Anonymous No.13857941]

>>13857748
> they will probably award it to some fat black transvestite for its outstanding twitter feed

fucking kek

[Anonymous No.13857986]

>>13857736
Kadare is still alive but he's very old now - which is perfect if you consider the nobel as a reward for a lifes work

Thinking more about it I think Ishmael Reed stands a very good chance of winning the prize as well, especially because he keeps writing books and making headlines

[Anonymous No.13857996]

>>13857875
so just like the Nobel Prize? gotcha

[Anonymous No.13858018]

>>13857986
>Ishmael Reed
Any work of his you could recommend? Would be appreciated. Give me the good stuff.

[Anonymous No.13858026]

>>13857934
>and he'll be visiting my local library next week so I'll actually get to see him!
That’s pretty fucking cool actually. Where do you live, if I may ask ?

[Anonymous No.13858055]

>>13858018
Mumbo Jumbo is his best, most innovative book and probably the best one to read first. Most people compare his work to pynchon - and pynchon gives Reed a shoutout in GR - and Mumbo Jumbo is very pynchonesque in terms of conspiracies, alternate history etc.

Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down and Flight To Canada are also interesting, but not as good.

I haven't read Conjugating Hindi - his 2018 book - but I've heard good things about it.

[Anonymous No.13858067]

If Houellebecq doesn't win a nobel prize, the world is retarded

[Anonymous No.13858307]

>>13858026
Sandefjord, Solstad's birthplace, but he doesn't live here anymore (I think he switches between Berlin and Oslo). There's even a street named after him downtown.

At the local high school, some teachers know Solstad personally, and he has many times come as a guest to Norwegian classes. I even saw him in the halls last semester, but didn't quite recognize him (and was in a mild shock) untill it was too late to approach him.

[Anonymous No.13858319]

>>13853852
>caring about political virtue signalling event

[Anonymous No.13858330]

>>13858307
>There's even a street named after him downtown.
Haha the man’s a rockstar wtf. That’s great. He looks hard NOT to recognize.

[Anonymous No.13858363]

>>13858330
> He looks hard NOT to recognize.

Yeah, you're right. However, I was just out of class because I needed to go to the toilet, and as I was walking back to class I saw him in the hall talking with two other teachers. I don't think anybody who knows who Solstad is would be prepared for that haha.

He is quite the character as well. If you know norwegian, it's quite funny to watch interviews of him from the 80s and 90s.

[Anonymous No.13858378]

>>13855606
Vollmann has a better chance than Houellebecq. His works are extensive and cover a wide breadth of different voices/topics. MH is just sadbois in Europe and Asia

[Anonymous No.13858424]

>>13858378
Vollman is too black metal for the Nobel. Forget that.