So it's Nobel Prize week again...

doubleshuffle · 10-05-2015, 07:20 AM

Anybody interested in the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Any guesses, anyone you're rooting for?

Personally, I think the prize is pretty much irrelevant, but I still find it fun to speculate a bit. And I'd really like Pynchon to win it.

Here's a link to the current odds at Ladbrokes:

https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/b...ure/220019571/

Aeda · 10-05-2015, 08:18 AM

Books on a sports betting website...

Here's an interesting quote from Murakami, which I found on the Wall Street Journal website:

Quote:

“It isn’t like there’s an official shortlist, it’s just private bookmakers coming up with these odds. It’s not as if this were a horse race.”

Dr. Drib · 10-05-2015, 09:29 AM

Javier Marias.

If not now, then soon.....

HarryT · 10-05-2015, 09:33 AM

Yes, always worth bearing in mind that the Nobel Prize for Literature is generally given as a recognition of an author's lifetime achievements, rather than (as with most other literary awards) for a specific work.

Dr. Drib · 10-05-2015, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes, always worth bearing in mind that the Nobel Prize for Literature is generally given as a recognition of an author's lifetime achievements, rather than (as with most other literary awards) for a specific work.

This is true.

However, the award often coincides with an important new release by an author.

(Welcome back, Harry.)

HomeInMyShoes · 10-05-2015, 02:43 PM

I'm guessing it will be a woman based on recent patterns of winners.

doubleshuffle · 10-06-2015, 08:03 AM

Just noticed that Ladbrokes have E.L Doctorow on their list of possible winners. Doesn't look as if there was a lot of serious betting going on for the Literature Nobel if they leave making up the odds to a temp...

HarryT · 10-06-2015, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Just noticed that Ladbrokes have E.L Doctorow on their list of possible winners.

Nobel prizes are not awarded posthumously. Doctorow died in July, hence can't be awarded the prize.

doubleshuffle · 10-06-2015, 08:07 AM

Errm..hence my post...

HarryT · 10-06-2015, 08:11 AM

Sorry, I didn't (and still don't) understand that to be the meaning of your message

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doubleshuffle · 10-06-2015, 08:16 AM

Well, I meant to say that getting their list of odds right can't be a very high priority at Ladbrokes if they have it put together by someone who doesn't know the most basic facts about the matter at hand: a person who either doesn't know about the "no posthumous Nobels" rule, or that Doctorow is dead.

HarryT · 10-06-2015, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Well, I meant to say that getting their list of odds right can't be a very high priority at Ladbrokes if they have it put together by someone who doesn't know the most basic facts about the matter at hand: a person who either doesn't know about the "no posthumous Nobels" rule, or that Doctorow is dead.

Thanks - all is now clear!

DrNefario · 10-06-2015, 09:08 AM

Surely there's a cutoff point? I mean, what if they were intending to give this year's award to Henning Mankell?

HarryT · 10-06-2015, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Surely there's a cutoff point? I mean, what if they were intending to give this year's award to Henning Mankell?

There is a little flexibility. There was a case recently where one of the science prizes was announced and it turned out that the recipient had died a few days earlier. But a prize is never knowingly awarded to someone who's dead.

eschwartz · 10-07-2015, 04:40 AM

http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2015

Quote:

LITERATURE PRIZE — Mark Dingemanse [THE NETHERLANDS, USA], Francisco Torreira [THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, USA], and Nick J. Enfield [AUSTRALIA, THE NETHERLANDS], for discovering that the word "huh?" (or its equivalent) seems to exist in every human language — and for not being quite sure why.

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doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	So it's Nobel Prize week again... Anybody interested in the Nobel Prize for Literature? Any guesses, anyone you're rooting for? Personally, I think the prize is pretty much irrelevant, but I still find it fun to speculate a bit. And I'd really like Pynchon to win it. Here's a link to the current odds at Ladbrokes: https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/b...ure/220019571/

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DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,227 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Surely there's a cutoff point? I mean, what if they were intending to give this year's award to Henning Mankell?