WHY HAD NOBEL PRIZE BEEN CRITICIZED? Cover Image

POURQUOI LE PRIX NOBEL DE LITTERATURE A-T-IL ESSUYE DES CRITIQUES?
WHY HAD NOBEL PRIZE BEEN CRITICIZED?

Author(s): Refika PARLAK
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: The Nobel Prize for Literature; Politics; the Royal Academy of Sweden; Authors; Books.

Summary/Abstract: The Nobel Prizes, like the Oscars and Grammys in the film and music industry, are one of the most prestigious awards in the world, and they are eagerly awaited by the general public. The prizes given by the Royal Academy of Sweden, without making a distinction of language, religion and nationality, in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Medicine and Economics have long been controversial as to whom, for what reason and how they are awarded; and the laureates occupy the news headlines for a long time. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), who invented dynamite, and supposedly committed a crime against humanity, had announced in his will that he bequeathed his fortune to those who have contributed to humanity, and that has long caused a perpetual debate on the basis of the prizes. Another issue that is current at the awards is whether the choices are objective. Are these prizes, distributed by the Swedish Academy, really reliable? Are the laureates promised to be awarded earlier? In this work, we try to answer all these questions and more (which country has the most received the Nobel Prize? What is the most advocated language? To receive the Nobel Prize writers should they be engaged? The writers were they as likely as writers?) precisely we study the issue through the Nobel Prize for Literature, which has always been at the heart of discussions on the matter.

  • Issue Year: 3/2015
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 173-185
  • Page Count: 13
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