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Anonymous Fri May 27 09:10:32 2011 No.1807047 [Reply] [Original]

Who are the greatest writers that gained acclaim for writing in a language other than their own?

Pic related, it's the top contender.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:13:32 2011 No.1807053 Nabokov learned to write English before he wrote Russian I do believe. He hardly counts.

>>	Rangaha !KJKZ7n2h3I Fri May 27 09:14:32 2011 No.1807054 The Voynich Manuscripts - God Almighty

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:15:32 2011 No.1807057 >>1807053 He grew up trilingual in fact

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:15:32 2011 No.1807055 joseph conrad.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:19:32 2011 No.1807061 Joseph Conrad Samuel Beckett

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:24:32 2011 No.1807067 >>1807061 >Samuel Beckett Absolutely.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:27:32 2011 No.1807072 >>1807067 Really? Did his family speak Irish?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:31:32 2011 No.1807081 >>1807072 He wrote several books and plays originally in French, and translated them into English himself.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:36:32 2011 No.1807085 >>1807081 I believe he's said that in French it is easier for him to write "without style"

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:37:32 2011 No.1807087 I'm amazed nobody said Kafka. Then again, this is /lit/ so I'm not amazed at all nobody here knows Kafka wrote in German.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:38:32 2011 No.1807088 >>1807081 >>1807085 Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks, /lit/.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:39:32 2011 No.1807091 Karouac

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:40:32 2011 No.1807093 Screenwriter and playwright Paddy Paddy Chayefsky

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:40:32 2011 No.1807092 >>1807087 Well, to be fair, his parents apparently spoke German at home so he was a native speaker.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:43:32 2011 No.1807097 >>1807087 How can you be so arrogant and cocky but at the same time wrong?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:45:32 2011 No.1807099 Does Gogol count?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:47:32 2011 No.1807102 >>1807092 Yeah, German (esp. Yiddish) was his first language, though he spoke Czech as well. Bit of French too.

Anonymous Fri May 27 09:49:32 2011 No.1807106

>>1807087
>Then again, this is /lit/ so I'm not amazed at all nobody here knows Kafka wrote in German.
Pretty sure everyone knows that due to the "herpderp, insect or vermin?" question that gets brought up if you mention The Metamorphosis in the presence of a teenage "reader".

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:50:32 2011 No.1807108 >>1807106 It's a bug, but has connotations of being unclean and separate from the environment.

>>	None !WvWWh.l.CE Fri May 27 09:54:12 2011 No.1807111 >>1807097 its a good way to be. better than pity-fuck material anyway.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:54:32 2011 No.1807110 >implying people only have one "native" language

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 09:56:32 2011 No.1807112 >>1807110 You can have several but still become famous for writing in a language that's not one of them.

Anonymous Fri May 27 10:01:32 2011 No.1807116

>>1807087
Are you a goddamn troll? Kafka's entire family spoke German and he was raised in a German-speaking household.

He picked up Czech from nannies and pals, but it sure as shit can't be considered his "mother tongue."

Pick up a book before you post on 4chan.

>>	Sherlock Holmes Guy Fri May 27 10:19:32 2011 No.1807133 Did Kahlil Gibran speak English natively?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:40:32 2011 No.1807172 maybe kafka. he was a czech who wrote in german.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:46:32 2011 No.1807190 >>1807172 stop iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:49:32 2011 No.1807198 >>1807067 Definitely Beckett. And yes, he spoke Irish, to the anon that asked. But that's irrelevant because his native language was English and he wrote mostly in French.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:53:32 2011 No.1807209 >>1807190 sorry. i'm a different anon. didn't read through the thread first.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 10:53:32 2011 No.1807210 Milan Kundera.

Anonymous Fri May 27 10:58:32 2011 No.1807216

Beckett for his stuff in French.

Conrad because English was actually his third or fourth language. Chinua Achebe for the same reason.

Nabokov because he rocks (but he spoke English from childhood so he's genuinely bilingual rather than a second language speaker)

Bukowski cos it will annoy people and start trolls and flamers going at it like knives.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:02:32 2011 No.1807223 >>1807216 >Bukowski cos it will annoy people and start trolls and flamers going at it like knives. Why would that be contentious?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:04:32 2011 No.1807227 >>1807223 >implying Bukowski could write.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:04:32 2011 No.1807228 >>1807223 Because he spoke English from birth and he's a shitty writer. He doesn't meet any of the criteria.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 11:06:32 2011 No.1807231 >>1807228 >>1807227 He's still interesting to read,

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:09:32 2011 No.1807393 >>1807231 If you like shitty german drunks who never learnt into English proper.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 12:27:32 2011 No.1807426 Where's Ayn Rand?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 19:42:32 2011 No.1808179 File: 43 KB, 309x500, ds.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1807099 I think he grew up bilingual in Russian and Ukrainian, so probably not.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 27 19:45:32 2011 No.1808190 >>1807426 >great writers

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 05:44:32 2011 No.1809495 the thing about Beckett is his greatest acclaim is still for works he composed in English.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 05:47:32 2011 No.1809498 >>1809495 Yeah, nobody ever heard of that En Attendant Godot shit eh, that's what you get for writing in French. Oh, wait...

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 05:51:32 2011 No.1809505 James Joyce.

>>	Virginia W00F !!GThm5VqxqDi Sat May 28 05:58:32 2011 No.1809513 I wrote a whole book in Hopelandic but i didn't get shit for recognition.

>>	Llywelyn !!W9YUh5XjMWo Sat May 28 06:07:32 2011 No.1809525 >>1809513 > [did stuff] but didn't get shit for recognition. Story of your life in every way, huh? Interesting band/music though.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 06:08:32 2011 No.1809528 File: 35 KB, 480x640, slake.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Sam Lake

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 06:26:32 2011 No.1809546 >>1809528 ITS A LATE GOODBYE saw that photo on the homepage and had to comment :p

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 06:27:32 2011 No.1809548 >>1809546 I didn't know anyone actually looked at that page

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 06:29:32 2011 No.1809550 >>1809548 I say that but then it's probably one of the most viewed pages outside of like /b/ and /v/

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 07:18:32 2011 No.1809572 Marx

>>	Anonymous Sat May 28 23:57:32 2011 No.1811503 bump

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