Another day; another challenge. Another book challenge that is. Like the Orange Prize Project, Reading the Nobels has no time limit and it allows me to combine books and authors from other challenges. A win-win situation. In the list below I've only read 8 of the authors, so I've got a bit to do to catch up! But I enjoy a challenge; so what's next?! 2016 Bob Dylan (R) 2015 Svetlana Alexievich 2014 Patrick Modiano - Catherine Certitude 2013 Alice Munro(R) 2012 Mo Yan
Quite right too, you wouldn't want to be running out of things to read! I'll look forward to seeing your occasional progress with these. I certainly couldn't read Nobel winners all the time.
The Nobel Laureate is awarded for a "writer's life work", although there have been 9 instances where authors won it for individual works. Below is the section copied from the official Nobel webpage...
Mikhail Sholokhov in 1965 "for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people"
Ernest Hemingway in 1954 "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
Roger Martin Du Gard in 1937 "for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle Les Thibault"
John Galsworthy in 1932 "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga"
Thomas Mann in 1929 "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"
Wladyslaw Reymont in 1924 "for his great national epic, The Peasants"
Knut Hamsun in 1920 "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil"
Carl Spitteler in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring"
Theodor Mommsen in 1902 "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome"
So glad to see the Nobel blogpost again! So, so sorry for any trouble I caused ( inadvertently) . I've read 5 authors from the Nobel list + review. I will have to re-read some other writers ( Bellow, Golding, Steinbeck). Good to have the books that were specifically mentioned for the Nobel prize. Thomas Mann won it for his very first novel...I don't see that happening nowadays. Authors must prove their worth over the years....
Still working hard to read more Nobels due to your inspirational blogpsot! 16 authors read...but I silll have 95 more to go! List feels neverending....
Sadly I haven't read any yet Nancy...although I am halfway through Patrick Modiano's younger readers book - Catherine Certitude. Are you making better progress?
Life has been crazy this year with two teenagers & their work, school, play commitments!
Trying to keep on the 1 Nobel book a month frequency, but it is not easy. Read winner of 1921 - 1953 and am working on 1999. I realize that reading some of the 'older' prize winners will take some extra effort effort. Plan to try 1905 - 1907 - and 1920 this year. We will finish this list....together even f it takes years!!
Another day; another challenge.
Quite right too, you wouldn't want to be running out of things to read! I'll look forward to seeing your occasional progress with these. I certainly couldn't read Nobel winners all the time.
ReplyDeleteAnd as you can see, neither can I.
DeleteMy progress through this list will be very slow indeed!
This is an interesting challenge. I've read 16 of these authors but I'm not sure whether I have read the novels they won it for.
ReplyDeleteThe Nobel Laureate is awarded for a "writer's life work", although there have been 9 instances where authors won it for individual works.
DeleteBelow is the section copied from the official Nobel webpage...
Mikhail Sholokhov in 1965
"for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people"
Ernest Hemingway in 1954
"for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
Roger Martin Du Gard in 1937
"for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle Les Thibault"
John Galsworthy in 1932
"for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga"
Thomas Mann in 1929
"principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"
Wladyslaw Reymont in 1924
"for his great national epic, The Peasants"
Knut Hamsun in 1920
"for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil"
Carl Spitteler in 1919
"in special appreciation of his epic, Olympian Spring"
Theodor Mommsen in 1902
"the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome"
So glad to see the Nobel blogpost again! So, so sorry for any trouble I caused ( inadvertently) .
ReplyDeleteI've read 5 authors from the Nobel list + review.
I will have to re-read some other writers ( Bellow, Golding, Steinbeck).
Good to have the books that were specifically mentioned for the Nobel prize. Thomas Mann won it for his very first novel...I don't see that happening nowadays. Authors must prove their worth over the years....
If not the Nobel page, it would have been another one Nancy!
DeleteI'm just sorry I lost all your comments in the upgrading of this page into a dynamic one.
Ahh now I understand your comment about Mann. I didn't realise he won the Nobel after only one book. That is unusual...and risky!
Still working hard to read more Nobels due to your inspirational blogpsot!
ReplyDelete16 authors read...but I silll have 95 more to go! List feels neverending....
It's a huge undertaking!
DeleteModiano has a chn's picture being published in English later on this year - it might be my cheats way of reading him :-)
How are the Nobels going...? What is the last Nobel Prize winning book that you have read this year?
ReplyDeleteSadly I haven't read any yet Nancy...although I am halfway through Patrick Modiano's younger readers book - Catherine Certitude. Are you making better progress?
DeleteLife has been crazy this year with two teenagers & their work, school, play commitments!
Trying to keep on the 1 Nobel book a month frequency, but it is not easy.
DeleteRead winner of 1921 - 1953 and am working on 1999.
I realize that reading some of the 'older' prize winners will take some extra effort effort.
Plan to try 1905 - 1907 - and 1920 this year. We will finish this list....together even f it takes years!!
Yearsssssss is the appropriate word Nancy!
DeleteBut a long term goal is a good thing to have - right?
Thanks for your support - we can do this :-)