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Julianne Werlin's avatar

Not a bad prediction at all; I could easily see it. His reputation is very high right now. In addition to awarding someone from the subcontinent, it would also be a climate change pick, which I could see them wanting to do.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

I don't actually know his novels, but I found her much reasoning better than most of what you see

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Secret Squirrel's avatar

The certainty that it won’t be Rushdie does remind me of everybody saying don’t be an idiot, of course it won’t be Bob Dylan. But this isn’t a prediction!

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Ben Mason's avatar

I think my top 3 in terms of probability would be Laszlo Krashnahorkai, Mircea Cărtărescu, and Gerald Murnane. All hugely deserving recipients imo.

If a poet wins, Raul Zurita, Anne Carson, or Adelia Prado could be in the running.

A few left-field picks include Alexis Wright, Mia Couto, and Christian Kracht.

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Buku Sarkar's avatar

He’s also the dullest man alive…trust me. I interviewed him. Nobel doesn’t go for the Poppies kind of fluff. Only Booker is a sucker for that. Nobel actually usually gets it right. I have no clue who it might be but I’m thinking it will be a surprise..

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Pete McCutchen's avatar

I like Rushdie a lot more than most of the sort of “literary” writers who get this sort of award. I’d love to see him win.

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Caz Hart's avatar

Same. I'd be happy for Rushdie to win. 😁

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Lexi's avatar

I'm rooting for César Aira.

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Buku Sarkar's avatar

Oh i didn’t see you were quoting someone else. Thank god. I had a lot more faith in you

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Henry Oliver's avatar

the little green line always means a quote

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Buku Sarkar's avatar

You’re properly mad now. Ghosh? Never. He wrote only one book of merit some decades ago- Shadowlines. The rest is yawning.

No Indian writer is Nobel worthy right now. My guess, it’ll be someone out of the radar…

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Henry Oliver's avatar

please note, this is not my prediction

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David Parke's avatar

Won’t be Taylor Swift

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man of aran's avatar

Not for her Hamlet allusions?

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Wim's avatar

I sure hope it won’t be Rushdie but how can we be so sure - too famous?

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