How to win a Nobel Prize in Literature: A Brief History

In this video I discuss the nobel prize in literature, a brief history and what are the chances you win a prize one day.

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[jeffreylewis]

The Indonesian Pramoedya Ananta Toer was also horribly overlooked by the Nobel Committee. His Buru Quartet is fantastic, and his short stories are poignant and distinctive. He endured great tragedy and political opposition during his life.

[alexsocop]

I'm glad that I found your channel, it's fantastic. I'm from Guatemala and besides "The president" I also suggest reading "Hombres de maíz", "Mulata de tal" and "Weekend en Guatemala" those are superb novels from Miguel Ángel Asturias.

[Fiction_Beast]

Now that the Nobel committee can see my predictions, they might change their mind and give the prize to someone else. It's me here covering my ar**Se. Who do you think will win this thursday? Would love to hear from you.

[donaldkelly]

They gave the prize to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a writer I've never heard of. This is nothing new, I'm playing catch up with contemporary non European writers. One of the reasons I like this channel.
The Novel Literature prize has been, from it's start, a Good Citizenship Award that only coincidentally chooses a writer of artistic worth. It's why they gave the prize to Alexander Solzhenitsyn and not Vladimir Nabokov. Solzhenitsyn was a great man, Nabokov was a great writer.

[yonathanasefaw]

I hope Murakami wins, I'll be rooting for him!

[Fiction_Beast]

I would also put Yu Hua on the short list. An Amazing Chinese novelist.

[sankarkrishnan]

An ordinary English/French writer won the nobel.
An Extra ordinary Asian/South American won the nobel.

[radovanjovicic]

About 2:45 when you say that first writer you know is Kipling, you skipped Sienkiewicz.
I strongly recommend him, all of his work but especially novel "Quo Vadis".
He is probably one of the greatest writers ever, in the same rank as Proust, Dostoyevski, Victor Hugo or Tomas Man.
(Btw, you are doing great work, I love it)

[johnnynoitel]

Hey man. Great video as always! I was wondering, could you possibly do a video on Croatian literature maybe? I think that would be interesting if you would like to look into it...

[muyiwailegbusi]

You didn't mention the only Nigerian and first Sub -Sahara African winner Wole Soyinka. That's probably an oversight

[johnmanole]

It's so strange how with some of these videos of yours you hit the Jackpot while with some of them you the hit bottom.

[Sachie]

I think giving that huge amount of money to a writer is useless, because writing is a highly individual art unlike science, where successors can utilise the money for the development of his/her projects posthumously.

[afanasymarinov]

There was a series of popular but utterly untalented wannabe writers in the 20th century who rightfully did not receive the Nobel prize. Among them:
Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Andrey Bely, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Vladimir Nabokov, and fellow Swede August Strindberg.

[snowylim]

Nobel literature winner usually students of university, but personally only went to secondary school, even I have new idea of writing articles, I just don't have a chance

[winwinwinwin]

Anne Carson??! Btw Atwood winning it would be great too!🤞

[Myrashenka]

I am legitimately wondering why you skipped the first woman. All you said was she is Swedish. You did not touch her on one bit

[tarekzeitoune]

Egyptian novel written Naguib Mahfouz won Nobel Prize

[snowylim]

I can't find a Nobel products books in any bookstore of my country in 2022

[aondohembanege]

And you skipped Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka the 1st Literature Nobel prize winner from Nigeria (1986) and the 2nd African as at then. You can read about him. Again, counting countries that winners came from, you skipped Nigeria. A lot of inaccuracies in this video actually.

[DrVempalliGangadhar]

'Said very good things. Thank you. But there are a few things to say to you. Most countries have regional languages. Writers in those languages ​​are working tirelessly. Why do not you care about their efforts. Translating works into regional languages ​​is financially difficult for writers. Loss. In fact your help is definitely needed for such people. But you do not realize it. You should recognize the literature of backward regional languages. Or set up 'another special award' for the same. Only then is the true validity of the Noble ideas. Take India for example. There are many regional languages ​​like Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam ... Great literature is emerging. In fact, after Rabindranath Tagore, another ten awards should really come to India. You do not recognize regional languages ​​.It's very painful. In fact, Telugu is a regional language in India. As a writer in that language I have written over a hundred stories. 20 books arrived. You can check my profile on Wikipedia. I worked very hard. In fact, if I had been born in Europe, I would have been nominated for the Nobel Literature Prize.''-Print out my opinion on the wall of the Noble office room. The world knows the truth. Thank you.