That's it. The Nobel Committee, or someone in it had once said that the US lit landscape was too insular (at the turn of the century that was certainly true, maybe still is, or that literary landscape at least) but the Nobel itself is wholly too insular and might as well rename itself the Euro-prize if they don't get it right. Achebe never won and now Ngugi looks to be passed over for more obscure Euros (oh and as many from Sweden have won it as from Asia). Needs to change, and quickly. Let's see.
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Published on October 06, 2021 22:34