Tuesday, October 06, 2009

News at Eleven: Pushed on which poets could be contenders

for the prize, [Stefan] Eklund also mentions the Swede, as well as Adonis, the pseudonym of Syrian poet Ali Ahmad Said.

"An American female poet would be great, but I don't know who," [Haakan] Bravinger says.

One thing is for sure, according to [Nicklas] Bjoerkholm: "It will definitely be (someone from) outside Europe."

from asiaone: Nobel Literature Prize could go to a poet this year
also Associated Press: Nobel literature judge: award 'too Eurocentric'

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