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Re:Good Writing by lexandstuff on Saturday May 24, 2025 @07:55PM (#44084526)
Presumably, for this concept to stick with you your whole life, you'd have to have heard of "Borges"? From Googling that name, it appears the author you're referring to died in 86. Why would anyone expect him to win the current year's Nobel Prize in Literature?
Re:Good Writing by brians on Saturday May 24, 2025 @08:41PM (#44084687)
He was a titan for more than half of the twentieth century. His shadow will extend far into human influence beyond that of many names that won prizes.
Re:Good Writing by thfuran on Sunday May 25, 2025 @01:14AM (#44085692)
Are the literature prizes generally handed out for works published that year? It sure doesn't work that way in the sciences.
Re:Good Writing by inglor_cz on Sunday May 25, 2025 @04:14AM (#44086362)
No, but they are only given to living people. Borges was "waited out" and won't get any anymore.