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Title: Annie Proulx for the Nobel Prize in Literature!
Post by: Kd5000 on May 04, 2006, 11:37:59 am
It's one of the few awards she has not received.  It would be so ironic if she got it this year.  Does anyone know if you have to have been a very prolific writer, i.e. what the criteria is.  I know, unlike the Pulitzer Prize, it's a lifetime achievement award. And she's 70, so she has lived a lifetime.  I mean, how many more books can she write.   

Does anyone know if she's ever been nominated for the Nobel Prize? I think they nominate over 100 writers and of course select one. Of course, unlike the cheap-skate Oscars, there is some financial reward, not just a metal.  Is it 700,000 Euros. 

Oh, and Ang Lee for the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting tolerance.  I think I'm dreaming there. ::) I'm sure he would donate the funds to some worthwhile cause.