How to win a Nobel Prize for Literature even if you can't sell a book: Reflecting on Wi... - 0 views
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Clark Waggoner on 12 Nov 10When William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, his works in the United States had been out of print for almost a decade. While writers like Steinbeck and Hemingway dominated the American literary landscape, Faulkner was, at best, an afterthought. This article examines how someone who was out of print in their own country could win a Noble Prize years and years before his American contemporaries.