Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel prize in literature 2014 – as it happened
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Skygazer
And in the end...
Personally, I would have been thrilled to see Margaret Atwood winning it, not enough women have, not that that is a reason in itself, she would merit it on sheer talent alone; unlikely however given last year's recipient.
Talent alone wouldn't appear to be adequate either, looking at the stats for the prize, with a very heavy preference for "dinosaurs" since 1901.
In fact looks like the youngest upstart to blaze a trail was Rudyard Kipling, at the giddy age of 42, the youngest winner, so far.
Talent alone wouldn't appear to be adequate either, looking at the stats for the prize, with a very heavy preference for "dinosaurs" since 1901.
In fact looks like the youngest upstart to blaze a trail was Rudyard Kipling, at the giddy age of 42, the youngest winner, so far.
Johannes
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Never read anything by Modiano, never even heard of him until two weeks ago.
The french Wikipedia-article about him has the most footnotes I've ever seen. Whatever that means.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Modiano
The french Wikipedia-article about him has the most footnotes I've ever seen. Whatever that means.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Modiano
I never heard of him until about one-minute ago. But then, I also never heard of JapanX until yesterday as well. Next Tuesday I'll find out that Ike Turner was my dad. Learning is awesome!