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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
I read exactly what you wrote. And dismissing a prize's importance simply by the statement of one eccentric artist is rather childish. So I dismissed it as a simple rant. Contrary to your belief, the Nobel Price is not exclusively for novelists. It is for literature. Lyrics are a form of literature. Just like poetry is a form of literature. Did Bob Dylan deserve to get the prize in the first place? That is neither for you nor me to decide. It is not a popularity contest. The Nobel Prize (any, not just literature) is a pat on the back, after the effect, in hindsight, that this artist or scientist managed to have a meaningful impact or influence during their lifetime. For literature it is writers you should have been reading.
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I see, so giving an example is childish, thus that example can be dismissed and the other example can be spun as prizes only value is how much sales are generated by them. Oh, and then you can simply assume that I'm not well aware that poets have won the Noble prize, ergo I must be pig ignorant of it. Yes, it's a nice rhetorical device if you can pull it off.