tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post2689976368948111288..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Nobel Bob (cont'd.) …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-34928884059402977022016-10-16T12:44:18.308-04:002016-10-16T12:44:18.308-04:00I haven't read/listened to enough later Dylan ...I haven't read/listened to enough later Dylan to judge his suitability, but even if I didn't agree with the choice, why is criticism so often labelled jealousy? <br /><br />The whole thing strikes me as something rather more amusing than a straightforward prize decision. Anyone remember what Horace Engledahl, the permanent secretary of the Nobel prize jury, said a few years back? "The US is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature. That ignorance is restraining." Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com