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JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 9, 2012 @10:15AM from the not-so-precious dept.

Morty writes "In 1961, C.S. Lewis nominated JRR Tolkien for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tolkien did not receive the prize. 50 years later, the archives for that year have been made available, so now we know why. Tolkien's prose was viewed as low quality."

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I disagree, but by assertation · 2012-01-09 10:19 · Score: 4, Funny

I disagree, but 50 years ago, by the standard of those times, the quality of prose was probably lower.
Re:Meh. by Amorymeltzer · 2012-01-09 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Peter Jackson?

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Re:Meh. by Black+Parrot · 2012-01-09 11:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Meh. I think we know who had the last laugh there.
Peter Jackson?
No, Gollum. After he fell into the volcano the Dark Lord made him a spiffy black suit, and he went on to conquer most of the galaxy.
His son was a real dork, though. But his daughter was h-h-hot.

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