Lessing, Doris. On not winning the Nobel Prize

Nate the great · 12-10-2007, 10:08 AM

Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. I just read her speech. Wow. That's all I can say. Wow. I don't think that I can post it here; it's copyrighted. Here is a link.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/l...ecture_en.html

It's also available for download in PDF.

HarryT · 12-10-2007, 10:14 AM

Wow indeed. THAT'S the sort of speech you have to be a Nobel literature laureate to write.

BruceW · 12-10-2007, 12:51 PM

Ok that was my insperation for the day. Give people like those Africans discussed here our education and they will surpass us so fast we would never see it coming. We us, would become the "third" world because so many of us do not care for education.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-10-2007, 01:31 PM

Truly. Whoever wrote "ignorance is bliss," clearly never spent time in modern Zimbabwe.

nekokami · 12-10-2007, 03:42 PM

I feel like I want to pack up all my books and send them to someone. Somewhere in Africa, or in Latin America (my father was in the Peace Corps in Belize and they don't have books, paper, or chalk there, either). But I don't know where to send them, and I don't know if I could even afford to do so -- books are incredibly expensive to ship.

12-10-2007, 10:08 AM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Lessing, Doris. On not winning the Nobel Prize Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. I just read her speech. Wow. That's all I can say. Wow. I don't think that I can post it here; it's copyrighted. Here is a link. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/l...ecture_en.html It's also available for download in PDF.

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12-10-2007, 10:14 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Wow indeed. THAT'S the sort of speech you have to be a Nobel literature laureate to write.

12-10-2007, 12:51 PM	#3
BruceW Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 773 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Sony Reader	Ok that was my insperation for the day. Give people like those Africans discussed here our education and they will surpass us so fast we would never see it coming. We us, would become the "third" world because so many of us do not care for education.

12-10-2007, 01:31 PM	#4
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Truly. Whoever wrote "ignorance is bliss," clearly never spent time in modern Zimbabwe.

12-10-2007, 03:42 PM	#5
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I feel like I want to pack up all my books and send them to someone. Somewhere in Africa, or in Latin America (my father was in the Peace Corps in Belize and they don't have books, paper, or chalk there, either). But I don't know where to send them, and I don't know if I could even afford to do so -- books are incredibly expensive to ship.