Content-Type: message/rfc822 Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:07:29 -0400 From: "joseph Aisenberg" To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-L] [Awards] Philip Roth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=__Part3D149E01.1__=" --=__Part3D149E01.1__= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__Part3D149E01.2__=" --=__Part3D149E01.2__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would think he would have considering the fact that Roth is as bland a = writer as they come, his prose clunky and gray, despite the sexy parts. --- On Fri, 10/3/08, Rodney Welch wrote: From: Rodney Welch Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-L] [Awards] Philip Roth To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 1:45 PM By the way, didn't VN loathe "Portnoy's Complaint"? According to the = following link he did: =20 http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/each-issue-really-socks-it-to= -you/ Anyone have any idea whether this damning denunciation has made its way = into book form? =20 =20 On 10/3/08, jansymello wrote:=20 Dear List, Being a non-academic and non-American reader, only after I picked up my = abandoned copies of Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" and "Human Stain" = (because of all the present discussions about a Nobel prize), and perused = their cover, did I learn that he'd been awarded a Pen/Nabokov award and = that such an award existed. =20 Perhaps other participants would be interested in sharing this informatio= n: =20 The PEN/Nabokov Award is given to a living author whose body of work, = either written in or translated into English, is of enduring originality = and consummate craftsmanship.=20 2006: Philip Roth=20 Previous PEN/Nabokov Award winners: 2004 Mavis Gallant 2002 Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 William H. Gass Search the archive Contact the Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal" Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Manage subscription options All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both = co-editors.=20 Search the archive Contact the Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal" Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Manage subscription options All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both = co-editors. Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=3Dsite:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=3Den Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/ Search archive with Google: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=3Dsite:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=3Den Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/ --=__Part3D149E01.2__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I would think he would have considering the = fact that Roth is as bland a writer as they come, his prose clunky and = gray, despite the sexy parts.

--- On Fri, 10/3/08, Rodney Welch = <rodney.welch@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
From: Rodney Welch <rodney.welch@GMAIL.COM>=
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] [NABOKOV-L] [Awards] Philip Roth
To: = NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 1:45 = PM

By the way, didn't VN loathe "Portnoy's Complaint"? According to the = following link he did:
 
http://papercuts.blog= s.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/each-issue-really-socks-it-to-you/

Anyo= ne have any idea whether this damning denunciation has made its way into = book form?
 
 
On 10/3/08, jans= ymello <jansy@aetern.us> wrote:=20
Dear List,
Being a non-academic and non-American reader, = only after I picked up my abandoned copies of Roth's "Portnoy's = Complaint" and "Human Stain"  (because of all the present di= scussions about a Nobel prize), and perused their cover, = did I learn that he'd been awarded a Pen/Nabokov award and that = such an award existed.  
Perhaps other  participants = would be interested  in sharing this information:
 
The PEN/Nabokov Award is given = to a living author whose body of work, either written in or translated = into English, is of enduring originality and consummate craftsmanship. =
2006: Philip Roth
Previous PEN/Nabokov Award winners:
<= /STRONG>2004 Mavis Gallant
2002 Mario Vargas Llosa
2000 William H. = Gass
Search = the archive Contact the Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal"
Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Ma= nage subscription options
All private editorial communications, without exception, = are read by both co-editors.

Search the archive Contact the = Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal"
Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Ma= nage subscription options

All private = editorial communications, without exception, are read by both co-editors. =

Search the archive Contact the = Editors Visit "Nabokov = Online Journal"
Vi= sit Zembla View = Nabokv-L Policies Manage subscription = options

All = private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both co-editors.

Search the archive Contact the Editors Visit "Nabokov Online Journal"
Visit Zembla View Nabokv-L Policies Manage subscription options

All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both co-editors.

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