/lit/ - Literature

>>10504106
Better him than some illiterate poc writing about being oppressed in a western nation

He deserves recognition, but imo not from the nobel literature committee

>>10504110
This, he wasn't the most deserving in history but he was FAR from the least deserving

>>10504106
Sure. The lit award has always been something of a joke.

>>10504106
The Nobel is a joke that has lost all credibility. Do you know who won the Nobel for peace this year? ICAN, a group dedicated to abolishing nuclear weapons. God bless 'em. They were able to get all the countries who don't have nukes to sign on. Adorbs.

>>10505152
You're right, that is stupid

>>10505152
>dude nukes are bad
>holyshit, here's a nobel prize

>>10504106
Meh, the Nobel lit commitee wanted to seem like they weren't out of touch when in truth they really are

>>10505183
I prefer the theory they're all just flower child boomers and it was sucking their own cocks

>>10505189
those two are same thing, are they not?

>>10505208
They don't contradict but keeping in touch implies they care about younger generations when they may not have

>>10505189
Maybe the younger ones, most of them are semi-famous authors with a lang/lit degree

>>10505223
Doesn't mean they aren't hippy dippy boomers dreaming about the old days

>>10504106
>taking the literature award that blatantly passed over Joyce, Tolstoy, Twain, Ibsen, Proust, Auden, and Borges seriously

>>10505152
At least they are trying to improve the situation though, probably was a nudge of encouragement. Like with Obama.

>>10504106
>trusting committees
communist. autocracy only.

>>10505239
It's not the same people that choose all the laureates
Bunch of norwegians gave it to Obama. Swedish /lit people gave it to Dylan

>>10505256
The Nobel committee consists of retards, and no one competent wants to step up because they'll be associated with idiots

>>10505256
They also gave it to Kissinger, a man with more blood on his hands than most

Yes. He is in a bunch of credible poem anthologies like Nortons.

>>10505239
You mean the situation that prevents great powers from fighting serious wars?

>>10504106
If he didn't, who would have?
Personally, I would put forward someone like John Dolan - a raw, talented culture critic who is willing to rip apart both left-stupids and right-stupids. But I'm not sure if he's written anything lately.
The Last Psychiatrist would also be an interesting choice.
Basically, only a person who somewhat disdained the prize and the whole literature industry would deserve to receive it. I guess Dylan qualifies in that regard.

I didn't know Ben Stiller wrote books

>>10505706
Yeah but like nukes are bad dude
*puffs joint*

>>10504106
No, but at this point what difference does it make?

I don't know, but from having read other recent laureates (Modiano, Ishiguro), I have very little respect for either the world of modern literature or the jury, and I can't decide which it is.

>>10505772
The two are largely indistinguishable

>>10505781
I found Ishiguro to be the better writer, but not by much and certainly not as good as most of the other laureates, some of which were absolute greats

I can guarantee nobody on /lit/ holds the awards in a high enough regard as to deciding what is good or not.

I mean, Churchill won it. Come on.

>>10505801
Haven't even heard of most of the people that won it nigga

>>10505814
The Second World War is literally Thucydides-tier. I would read it if you haven't.

>>10505832
Nice, I knew it existed but it's good you're reminding me. Might read it at some point

>>10505239

>Obama
>Aung San Suu Kyi
>Shimon Peres
>Henry Kissinger

Really fires up the neurons!

>>10505855
Kissinger singlehandedly prevented the deaths of billions. Suck a dick, faglord

>>10505875

>prevented the deaths of billions

Even though this is obvious bait, it's disquieting to imagine that sections of the American populace literally think this. The absolute state of the US...