Its that time of year and a treat today we have two Nobel Laureates one for this year and one for last year. we see if a year away has meant the academy gone in a new Nonanglophile and feminist direction that has been mention in recent years. The first winner for the last year 2018 is Olga Tokarczuk for her encyclopedic writing. I have reviewed her book Drive my plough over the bones of the dead Here is an interview with her
hen for this year, 2019 we have Peter Handke A favorite for many years to win although he has courted controversy in some of his view but I loved every book I have read and he has also worked with Wim Wenders on a number of films including the goalkeeper anxiety a classic film. Here is a review of slow homecoming by him and an interview IT is from a german paper but worth reading
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Oct 10, 2019 @ 12:46:51
I’m very happy at Olga winning, but I’ve not read any Handke – and I’m a bit nervous I confess as views do seem vaguely suspect….:(
Oct 10, 2019 @ 13:09:45
Same here Karen. I just looked him up at Wikipedia and he doesn’t seem like the kind of writer I want to read.
Oct 10, 2019 @ 14:00:42
It’s shame he messed up his legacy with the whole Serbian affair and certain comments after that I admire his earlier work especially with wim Wenders the films he worked with him on
Oct 10, 2019 @ 13:59:22
Yes the whole Serbian affair was misguided from him
Oct 10, 2019 @ 17:30:23
Both of these are new names for me – but then so many of the more recent Nobel winners are unknown to me
Oct 10, 2019 @ 17:32:35
Olgas books have only last couple of years been translated and Handke is out fashion due to his views
Oct 10, 2019 @ 17:46:23
He’s out of fashion yet the judges chose him? How odd
Oct 10, 2019 @ 17:50:30
I was shocked as his Serbian views had made him go from a writer people like to as I said out fashion not sure why judges pick him there are of Mittel European writers I’d would picked Krasznahorkai Nadas and Cãrtãrescu all would been better choices
Oct 10, 2019 @ 18:36:27
I have read and really liked Olga Tokarczuk very recently, so I can still spell her name. I read Peter Handke a long time ago and don’t recall my reactions.