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Started by Malthus, October 10, 2013, 12:38:23 PM

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Malthus

October 10, 2013, 12:38:23 PM
Won it today, the first Canadian woman to win it and, as far as I know, the first person from Ontario. What do you Languishites think of her work?

I tried reading some of her stories many years ago, and could not get into them. Maybe I should try again.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alice-munro-is-1st-canadian-woman-to-win-nobel-literature-prize-1.1958383
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merithyn

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October 10, 2013, 12:42:48 PM
I've tried to read her stuff, too. Not my bag, but I like her writing style quite a bit. Just don't much care for her choice of topics.
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October 10, 2013, 12:44:09 PM
Quote from: Malthus on October 10, 2013, 12:38:23 PM
Won it today, the first Canadian woman to win it

This is not the time to be bitter. :)
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Admiral Yi

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October 10, 2013, 12:44:28 PM
On a related note, which literary prize do y'all consider the most prestigious?

katmai

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October 10, 2013, 12:53:14 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2013, 12:44:28 PM
On a related note, which literary prize do y'all consider the most prestigious?

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October 10, 2013, 02:29:25 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2013, 12:44:28 PM
On a related note, which literary prize do y'all consider the most prestigious?
I think probably the ones for a novel in a specific language. So I like the Booker prize and the Pulitzer but they both have off years.

The Nobel is way, way down the list. It's a lifetime achievement award that, historically at least, tends to make quite tokenistic picks.
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Malthus

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October 10, 2013, 02:36:49 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2013, 12:44:28 PM
On a related note, which literary prize do y'all consider the most prestigious?

The Booker is pretty highly regarded I think.
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jimmy olsen

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October 10, 2013, 05:39:13 PM
Hugo! :nerd:
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Josephus

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October 10, 2013, 05:47:53 PM
Quote from: Malthus on October 10, 2013, 12:38:23 PM
Won it today, the first Canadian woman to win it and, as far as I know, the first person from Ontario.

Well that would be a logical conclusion :D

REgarding her work. I was forced to read her since I minored in Canadian Lit. She's tough, very tough as are most female Canadian writers (apologizes to any relatives of one). But there's no doubting her talent. Good for her.
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Josephus

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October 10, 2013, 05:51:11 PM
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Admiral Yi

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October 10, 2013, 05:52:23 PM
Doesn't seem like a very deep field.

mongers

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October 10, 2013, 06:01:44 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2013, 05:52:23 PM
Doesn't seem like a very deep field.

[Josq]

The quality stuff is hidden deep, that's why he was miner in lit.

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October 10, 2013, 06:17:47 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2013, 05:52:23 PM
Doesn't seem like a very deep field.

Are you actually familiar with Canadian literature, or are you just guessing?
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