Who would you give the Nobel Price to?

Malin's challenge in her weekly Bokfemma (list of 5 books) this week is to list 5 authors you'll give the Nobel price to.


Torgny Lindgren - for his expressive and vibrant language and his an excellent story telling skills. Lindgren has regenerated writing in dialect and his particular North-Swedish language creates a very special rhythm and atmosphere in his literature. I think that he is one of the best Swedish authors at the present. As a member of the Swedish Academy which decides who will be the laureate of the Nobel Price it is highly unlikely that he actually will get it in real life however much he deserves it.

Paul Auster - for his fantastic langauge and great humor. They way in which Auster construct his stories so that they work in so many different way at the same time. His books are a comment on literary criticims and at the same time as they captivating stories that depict the contemporary human condition.



Maria Irene Fornes - for the way in which she put women's reality on the stage. Fornes restrained language, her wide range of character and the difficult subject matters that she has presented in her great plays has made her one of contemporary America's most interesting playwrights.




Margret Atwood - for her fantastic novels and unforgetable plots. Atwood has the unique gift to deal with questions of gender and identity in a refreshing and surprising way.






Alan Moore - for taking comics to a whole new level - and creating a new wave of great literature.