Ono sto ja mislim je: mozda ne sa namerom same Akademije, ali podrzano modernim medijima, Nobelova nagrada se pretvorila u neku vrstu, nazvao sam to tako 'gledao sam na TV' sindroma. Preporuke ili tacnije 'preporuke' za odbranu nazovi kvaliteta. Dala je alibi intelektualnoj lenjosti svake vrste da se zakloni iza citanja necega sto je neko od autoriteta prethodno 'overio'. A, s druge strane, dala i daje krunski argument istoj 'publici' da ne kazem konzumentima da na svaku kritiku, pokusaj kritike, odgovore sa: 'hej, ali taj i taj je dobio Nobela'.
Akademizovana, institucionalizovana, ona je, odnosno vrednost koja joj se (neopravdano) pridaje uspela da u okvire svede nesto sto se - u okvire ne da smestiti. Mozda sledeci kvazi logiku potrosackog drustva koju ja zovem 'odmah i sada': zasto cekati da se nesto dokaze vremenom, tirazom, kada se moze dati jednogodisnja potvrda da je nesto - dobro.
Apropo Balzaka, obozavam ga! Ne znam koliko sam ga puta nanovo citala. Onako na kamaru svaki put. Zaredjam jednu pojednu knjigu.
Nego ovo drugo. Ne mozes uticati na sve one koji predlazu kandidate. To je u ljudskoj prirodi da svi imaju neke svoje motive. Evo ti sa sajta kako ide procedura.
The Nobel Prize in Literature derives from a fund which was created from the fortune left by inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833–96) and which is managed by the Nobel Foundation. The task of selecting the winner of the Prize was entrusted to the Swedish Academy by Nobel in his will. The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901.
Those entitled to nominate candidates for the Prize are the members of the Academy, members of academies and societies similar to it in membership and aims, professors of literature and language, former Nobel laureates in literature, and the presidents of writers’ organisations which are representative of their country’s literary production.
Proposals in writing for the year’s prize-winner must reach the Nobel Committee by January 31st. A proposal should, but need not, be accompanied by supporting reasons. It is not possible to propose oneself as a candidate, i.e. the Nobel Prize cannot be applied for. There are usually about 350 proposals each year.
During the spring the proposals are examined by the Nobel Committee and in April it presents for the Academy’s approval a preliminary list of candidates, containing some 20 names. Before the Academy’s summer recess the list has usually been further reduced to about five names.
In October the Academy makes its choice. For the election to be valid, a candidate must gain more than half of the votes cast.