was this award criticized?
The prize has "become widely seen as a political one – a peace prize in literary disguise", whose judges are prejudiced against authors with political tastes different from theirs.
Nobel Prize in Literature
The prize has "become widely seen as a political one – a peace prize in literary disguise", whose judges are prejudiced against authors with political tastes different from theirs.
story behind the nursery rhyme london bridge is falling down UNANSWERABLE what is this rhyme's origin? The oldest extant version could be that recalled by a correspondent to the "Gentleman's Magazine" in 1823, which he claimed to have heard from a woman who was a child in the reign of Charles II . how is the damage explained? It was damaged in a major fire in 1633, but in the fire of 1666 this damage acted as a fire break and prevented the flames from further damaging the bridge and crossing to the south side of the Thames. what is its legacy? It has  been referenced in both literature and popular culture - appearing, for example, at the climax of T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" . what is the profession of eliot? He was a  poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. what are some of his works as a poet? "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" , "The Hollow Men", "Ash Wednesday", "Four Quartets", "Murder in the Cathedral", and others. where was he born? UNANSWERABLE has he been honored for his work? : He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry". who are the other recipients of this award? Frederic Mistral ,José Echegaray ,Karl Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan. who is this award named after? Alfred Nobel.
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Nobel Prize in Literature [SEP] Criticism
Although the Nobel Prize in Literature has become the world's most prestigious literature prize, the Swedish Academy has attracted significant criticism for its handling of the award. Many authors who have won the prize have fallen into obscurity, while others rejected by the jury remain widely studied and read. The prize has "become widely seen as a political one – a peace prize in literary disguise", whose judges are prejudiced against authors with political tastes different from theirs. Tim Parks has expressed skepticism that it is possible for "Swedish professors ... [to] compar[e] a poet from Indonesia, perhaps translated into English with a novelist from Cameroon, perhaps available only in French, and another who writes in Afrikaans but is published in German and Dutch...".