Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0017143, Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:45:46 -0400

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Re: [NABOKOV-L] [Awards] Philip Roth
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By the way, didn't VN loathe "Portnoy's Complaint"? According to the
following link he did:

http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/each-issue-really-socks-it-to-you/

Anyone have any idea whether this damning denunciation has made its way into
book form?


On 10/3/08, jansymello <jansy@aetern.us> wrote:
>
> Dear List,
> Being a non-academic and non-American reader, only after I picked up my
> abandoned copies of Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" and "Human Stain" (because
> of all the present discussions about a Nobel prize), and perused their
> cover, did I learn that he'd been awarded a Pen/Nabokov award and that such
> an award existed.
> Perhaps other participants would be interested in sharing this
> information:
> ** **
> *The PEN/Nabokov Award* is given to a living author whose body of work,
> either written in or translated into English, is of enduring originality and
> consummate craftsmanship.
> 2006: Philip Roth
> ** *Previous PEN/Nabokov Award winners:
> *2004 Mavis Gallant
> 2002 Mario Vargas Llosa
> 2000 William H. Gass
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