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Strange News From Sweden (Nobel Prize)
Wall Street Journal ^
| October 12, 2001
| TUNKU VARADARAJAN
Posted on 10/14/2001, 3:57:10 PM by uglybiker
Edited on 4/23/2004, 6:45:36 AM by Jim Robinson.
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The "V" in V.S. Naipaul, this year's Nobel laureate for literature, stands for Vidiadhar, a Sanskrit compound word that translates literally into English as "a bearer of learning" or, more effectively, as "erudite." The name is fussy and uncommon -- I have met only one other person so called in all my years, and he was a most unpromising boy in my grade school in India -- and, as such, is rather appropriate for Mr. Naipaul, who is fussy and uncommon, and undeniably wise.
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KEYWORDS: clashofcivilizatio
To: uglybiker
Don't the Nobel prizes come from Norway, rather than Sweden?
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posted on
10/14/2001, 4:05:16 PM
by
pchuck
To: pchuck
That was the title. The author must've gone to public school.
To: pchuck
No, Sweden award the Nobel. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was a Swede.
To: pchuck
The peace prize is awarded by Norway; the others by Sweden.
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posted on
10/14/2001, 4:31:32 PM
by
Soren
To: uglybiker
Hmm. I'm frankly astounded. Not only is Naipaul extremely politically-incorrect, but he's one of the few great writers around today. The last several literature awards went to a bunch of pathetic third-rate, third-world communists.
This almost makes up for their abominable choice for this year's Peace Prize.
I warmly recommend V. S. Naipaul's books.
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posted on
10/14/2001, 4:33:18 PM
by
Cicero
To: uglybiker
Bookmarked. There is a need to create a file of "clash of civilization" links.
To: Cicero
The last several literature awards went to a bunch of pathetic third-rate, third-world communists.Toni Morrison?.....Egads!
I'm sure they thought he was just another brown-skinned lefty.
Will the Nobels revoke the prize when one of the members actually reads his works?
To: Cicero
I'll add my voice to those celebrating Naipaul. A fine honest writer.
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posted on
10/14/2001, 5:32:13 PM
by
atafak
To: *Clash of Civilizatio
Bumping to Clash of Civilizations list.
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