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Originally Posted by HarryT
The Literature prize almost always seems to go to authors I've never heard of, which I'm sure is indicative of my appalling ignorance, rather than any fault on the part of the Prize committee  .
It does often seem to be awarded as a kind of "lifetime achievement award", rather than for one specific work. |
I've set myself a long term project of reading at least one work by every Nobel Prize for Literature. I purposely begin at the beginning and for winners before WWI and shortly after the only source through my local library system has been collections of works by winners. These have included the bonus of the award committees reasoning and the author's acceptance speeches. The first of those often cites the the author's entire body of work as the reason for the award. As you say a lifetime achievement award.