C. S. Lewis admired "The Lord of the Rings" so much that he nominated Tolkien fo...

C. S. Lewis admired "The Lord of the Rings" so much that he nominated Tolkien for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But Tolkien didn't even make it past the first round. If you look up the Nobel Prize winners on Wikipedia, you might be surprised how few "popular" authors appear there--and how many writers you even never heard of!


Tolkien Rejected For Nobel Prize Because Of 'Poor Storytelling'
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J. R. R. Tolkien may have won over millions of devoted fans across the globe with The Lord of the Rings, but to a small committee in Sweden known as the Nobel prize jury, his epic tale of Middle Earth just wasn't up to scratch. Newly declassified documents showing the inner workings of the world's m...