Nobel non-laureates, non-male
- Beschrijving
- To date, only twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for literature. This list is for those who should have, but didn't. To qualify, an author should be dead, female, and not have won the literature prize. Please add the "most representative" book by the author you want to nominate; if there's already one of her works here, vote for it.
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door Virginia Woolf
17,575 leden
270 besprekingen
3.9
Score 20
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:04 AM
- 5 Members
- thorold, Dilara86, Limelite, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
- Verklaringen
- thorold: Apart from being one of the best and most original prose stylists writing in English in the 20th century, Woolf was also one of the founders of feminist criticism.
2
door Sylvia Plath
28,088 leden
501 besprekingen
4
Score 11.08
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:52 AM
- 4 Members
- thorold, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
3
door Iris Murdoch
3,581 leden
94 besprekingen
3.9
Score 9.77
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:06 AM
- 3 Members
- thorold, ahef1963, steller0707
- Verklaringen
- ahef1963: I agree with this entirely; Murdoch is wonderful, and this book is my favourite by her.
4
door Rebecca West
1,062 leden
21 besprekingen
4.1
Score 8.69
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:59 AM
- 3 Members
- thorold, KayCliff, steller0707
5
1,139 leden
18 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 7.89
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 03:55 AM
- 3 Members
- thorold, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
- Verklaringen
- thorold: Nominated in 1961
6
door Katherine Mansfield
1,480 leden
41 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7.17
Toegevoegd 2019-09-22, 02:07 AM
- 3 Members
- thorold, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
- Verklaringen
- thorold: Probably died too young to stand a real chance, but would have been the first New Zealander...
7
door Margaret Atwood
42,252 leden
1,138 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 02:33 AM
- 3 Members
- KayCliff, ahef1963, steller0707,thorold ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
8
door Marguerite Duras
312 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 6.31
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 05:02 PM
- 2 Members
- bluepiano, steller0707
- Verklaringen
- bluepiano: Perhaps not the most obvious choice of book given that she's often thought of as a nouveau roman writer, but this is my favourite so far.--I can't help thinking that she must have been considered for the prize more than once.
9
door Adrienne Rich
1,018 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 6.11
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 11:06 AM
10
11
door Anna Seghers
89 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
Score 4.85
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 09:33 PM
12
door Gertrud von LeFort
233 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 09:28 PM
- Member
- inge87
13
door Eudora Welty
2,632 leden
92 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 09:36 PM
- Member
- inge87
14
door Angela Carter
1,909 leden
47 besprekingen
3.9
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:24 AM
- Member
- thorold
15
door Anna Ahkmatova
569 leden
3 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.83
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:28 AM
16
17
door Winifred Holtby
932 leden
41 besprekingen
4.1
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 03:24 AM
- Member
- thorold
18
door Gertrude Stein
2,680 leden
43 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 2.25
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 05:25 AM
- Member
- thorold
19
door Bessie Head
387 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Score 2.2
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 05:26 AM
- Member
- thorold
21
14 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Score 2.07
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 02:33 PM
22
door Simone de Beauvoir
4,541 leden
32 besprekingen
4
Score 2.03
Toegevoegd 2015-07-06, 02:35 PM
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24
62 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Score 1.97
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 03:19 AM
25
door Concha Espina
19 leden
1 bespreking
4
Score 1.94
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 03:20 AM
26
55 leden
½ 4.5
Score 1.92
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 03:22 AM
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28
211 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 1.87
Toegevoegd 2015-07-07, 03:53 AM
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30
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, steller0707,thorold ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- thorold : Still alive