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Off-topic: I’ve been hoping for Cormac McCarthy to win the Nobel Prize in literature for a number of years. I still think he deserves it, but I’m starting to l

Off-topic: I’ve been hoping for Cormac McCarthy to win the Nobel Prize in literature for a number of years. I still think he deserves it, but I’m starting to lose hope.

roymurdock 9y ago
I don't think he hangs out with the right crowds in the right places to garner literary awards. From the little he's spoken to the press, it sounds like he spends most of his time chillin' with scientists and eating huevos rancheros in New Mexico: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2005/08/cormac-mccarthy-interview https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2005/08/cormac-mccarthy-i...
galfarragem 9y ago
Someone that also deserves is Lobo Antunes [1]. Also a Portuguese like José Saramago, but IMHO, is way more interesting: a psychiatrist that served in Colonial War. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lobo_Antunes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lobo_Antunes
- onetimemanytime 9y ago
  another one frequently mentioned : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Kadare#Recognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Kadare#Recognition
- LandR 9y ago
  > José Saramago his book "The Double" is brilliant.
  - stochastic_monk 9y ago
    The Dostoevsky-reminiscent title is enough to sell me. I’m excited to read it.
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- paganel 9y ago
  Strange, I though that Saramago had already won it. Yeah, he certainly deserves it.
  - trgv 9y ago
    He did win, in 1998. Even if he hadn't, he's dead now, so he wouldn't be eligible.
Mediterraneo10 9y ago
Cormac McCarthy has written some truly excellent work (though I find his output rather more inconsistent than some of his passionate fans on the internet are prepared to allow). However, his treatment of female characters (or lack thereof) is already notorious, and with current trends, I believe that this makes it less likely with each year that he will be recognized with this prize.
billfruit 9y ago
To me the next American likely to win looks to be Thomas Pynchon.
- defen 9y ago
  No way he shows up to accept the prize though

Off-topic: I’ve been hoping for Cormac McCarthy to win the Nobel Prize in literature for a number of years. I still think he deserves it, but I’m starting to lose hope.

roymurdock 9y ago

I don't think he hangs out with the right crowds in the right places to garner literary awards. From the little he's spoken to the press, it sounds like he spends most of his time chillin' with scientists and eating huevos rancheros in New Mexico: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2005/08/cormac-mccarthy-interview https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2005/08/cormac-mccarthy-i...

galfarragem 9y ago

Someone that also deserves is Lobo Antunes [1]. Also a Portuguese like José Saramago, but IMHO, is way more interesting: a psychiatrist that served in Colonial War. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lobo_Antunes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lobo_Antunes

onetimemanytime 9y ago
another one frequently mentioned : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Kadare#Recognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Kadare#Recognition
LandR 9y ago
> José Saramago his book "The Double" is brilliant.
- stochastic_monk 9y ago
  The Dostoevsky-reminiscent title is enough to sell me. I’m excited to read it.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
paganel 9y ago
Strange, I though that Saramago had already won it. Yeah, he certainly deserves it.
- trgv 9y ago
  He did win, in 1998. Even if he hadn't, he's dead now, so he wouldn't be eligible.

Mediterraneo10 9y ago

Cormac McCarthy has written some truly excellent work (though I find his output rather more inconsistent than some of his passionate fans on the internet are prepared to allow). However, his treatment of female characters (or lack thereof) is already notorious, and with current trends, I believe that this makes it less likely with each year that he will be recognized with this prize.

billfruit 9y ago

To me the next American likely to win looks to be Thomas Pynchon.

defen 9y ago
No way he shows up to accept the prize though