Thread: Nobel winner J.M.G Le Clézio
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Old 10-11-2008, 06:33 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
Out of curiosity, I looked at the winners for the past twenty years; 9 were unknown to me before they won:
JEAN-MARIE GUSTAVE LE CLÉZIO
ORHAN PAMUK
ELFRIEDE JELINEK
IMRE KERTÉSZ
GAO XINGJIAN
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
KENZABURO OE
OCTAVIO PAZ
CAMILO JOSÉ CELA

I had heard of the other 11:
DORIS LESSING
HAROLD PINTER
JOHN MAXWELL COETZEE
V. S. NAIPAUL
GUNTER GRASS
JOSE SARAMAGO
DARIO FO
SEAMUS HEANEY
TONI MORRISON
DEREK WALCOTT
NADINE GORDIMER
You're obviously better educated with respect to modern literature than I am. The only ones from that list I've heard of are:

DORIS LESSING
HAROLD PINTER
GUNTER GRASS
SEAMUS HEANEY
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