Nobel Lit Prize

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Just read that this year's recipient is Harold Pinter.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1592129,00.html

An interesting choice. I've always liked his work, and his stature certainly warrants it... his support of Amnesty International and outspoken criticism of Bush and Blair may well suggest it to be another "one in the eye for Bush" like last year's (? or was it the year before's, I can't remember) peace prize to Jimmy Carter. Heh. If so, more power to them, I say! As long as he doesn't do something grumpy like turn it down.

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ooh, Rex Murphy! I'll have to check it out. My take is that it's a "body of work" award, and, yes, it's his plays that have the merit (poetry? he's written poetry?? gah, I didn't even know that...) But I would suspect that his political views didn't hurt, either. The Nobel choices are always a bit ... well let's say that literary merit doesn't always seem to be the TOP criterion.