Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
October 01, 2008 • Wednesday
According to Horace Engdahl — permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which determines the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature — the United States is "too isolated" and "too insular" to produce world-class writers.
His premise might hold some truth, but his conclusion is drawing plenty of criticism from American literary experts.
See the Associated Press' article "Nobel literature head: US too insular to compete."
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