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On the French perception of Ivan Bunin in 1933 [PDF]
The receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Ivan Bunin (the first of the Russian authors) in 1933 not only became an important event in the writer’s fate and Russian émigré life, but also was widely responded in the European (primarily French) press.
Alexandre Stroev
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open1noThe title of this article may suggest that it constitutes a tribute to the recent Nobel Prize in Literature and a sweet remembrance of bour 20s for those of us who are now in our 60s. That could be the case.
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Complexités des prix littéraires et littérature française ou en français
In the French « literary nation », prices proliferate in what Sylvie Ducas (2006) designates as an economy of prestige based, on the one hand, on mythologies associated with writers and, on the other, on ways of defining « literary value ».
Marie-Manuelle da Silva, Eduarda Keating
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The enactment of physician-authors in Nobel Prize nominations.
Several physicians have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature, but so far none of them have received it. Because physicians as women and men of letters have been a major topic of feuilletons, seminars and books for many years, questions arise ...
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What Does (a Nasty) Woman Want? [PDF]
In this video essay I have juxtaposed material from three films about female desire – made by women at different historical moments in time, in different countries.
Agnieszka Piotrowska
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Mediation between Linguistic Hegemony and Periphery Languages in the Nobel Prize for Literature
This article explores the Nobel Prize for Literature as an embodiment of Western hegemony, despite its universal disposition. It demonstrates that the award is prestigious and canonises selected literary works as quintessential, as well as offering ...
Wendo K. Nabea
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2001 is the centenary year of the Nobel Prizes. It was in 1901 that these prizes were first awarded. What is the origin of this international prize which covers physics, chemistry, physiology and medicine, literature and peace?
Michel Spiesser
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Patrick Modiano : 'A Marcel Proust of our time’? [PDF]
The winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature was, in more ways than one, Patrick Modiano. Typically, the publicity-shy novelist had crept in under the radar, despite a late surge in the betting, and had even proved hard to locate once the decision ...
Morris, Alan
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Foreword: Companions on the Edge of Iceland [PDF]
The recent publication of Wayward Heroes, translated by Philip Roughton, marks a significant event for world literature, the first direct translation from Icelandic to English of Halldór Laxness’s masterpiece novel Gerpla.
McGillivray, Andrew
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J.M.G. Le Clézio: the role of a Nobel laureate in the crossover phenomenon
With the extraordinary success of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, crossover fiction has often been seen first and foremost as a commercial phenomenon.
Sandra L. Beckett
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