Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0020372, Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:43:31 -0600

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Re: Top 10 Writers That Deserved The Nobel Prize ...
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See also the similar list at
http://listverse.com/2009/09/16/10-brilliant-writers-robbed-of-a-nobel-prize/James
Joyce is also on the list of top alcoholic writers at that site.
Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel in 1970, but didn't accept until he left the USSR
in 1974. On that occasion VN sent him a warm letter of gratitude for the
1972 letter Solzhenitsyn had written to the Swedish Academy, recommending VN
in the strongest terms for the prize.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Sandy P. Klein <spklein52@hotmail.com>wrote:

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> http://top-10-list.org/2010/07/19/top-ten-writers-that-deserved-nobel-prize/
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> Top 10 Writers That Deserved The Nobel Prize<http://top-10-list.org/2010/07/19/top-ten-writers-that-deserved-nobel-prize/> Posted
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> These individuals did their best and succeeded in raising the bar for
> writers all over the world. However, they did not win the Nobel Prize for
> whatever reason but definitely deserved it.
> *<http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Jorge-Luis-Borges.jpg>1.
> Jorge Luis Borges*
> Even though Jorge Luis Borges managed to bag the first ever Pulitzer Prize,
> he did not win the Nobel Prize even though was considered by the committee
> for several years. They decided against it because he supported Pinochet but
> awarded others who believed in dictators like Stalin.
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> * <http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Vladimir-Nabokov.jpg>2.
> Vladimir Nabokov*
> Vladimir Nabokov wrote the world-renowned novel called Lolita. Apart from
> that, he wrote many more books and translated poetry beautifully. Even
> though he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1974, he lost to two authors
> who were surprisingly, a part of the committee.
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> * <http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Mark-Twain.jpg>10.
> Mark Twain
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> Mark Twain was in running 10 times but never won the prize. He introduced
> readers to Huckleberry Fin and Tom Sawyer but lost to authors like Rudyard
> Kipling, Sully Prudhomme and Henryk Sienkiewicz. He was a world-renowned
> novelist, essayist, humorist and critic.
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