I read every Nobel Literature Prize winner from 1922 to 1928, and this is what I found

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
  • It is the fourth week of my reading challenge - to read all 120 winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature before the 2024 winner is announced.
    In week four of the 120 Nobels reading challenge I introduce you to the Nobel Prizes of the turbulent twenties - from Benavente in 1922 to Undset in 1928.
    You will discover some hidden connections to George Orwell, Animal Farm, and the famous Audrey Hepburn film from 1964, My Fair Lady.
    More details, links to all texts and resources are available at my substack - jeffrich.substack.com. Free to join.
    My 120 Nobels Challenge series on substack will show you how the Nobel Prize is a window onto on understanding the world history, world literature and geopolitics.
    You can chat with me about the 120 Nobels Reading Challenge on the Burning Archive channel CZcams channel comments section and more exclusively at jeffrich.substack.com
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    Check out ‪@NobelPrize‬ for more details about the process of choosing the Nobel Prize for Literature and profiles of the winners.

Komentáře • 47

  • @soutteruk1
    @soutteruk1 Před 5 dny +6

    Everything falls apart, centre and periphery, eventually. Nothing is forever.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      Indeed isn't there a Moby song about that? From the Bourne movies.

  • @eligoitein6499
    @eligoitein6499 Před 6 dny +9

    bob dylan / oscar winner

  • @tarquinmidwinter2056
    @tarquinmidwinter2056 Před 6 dny +4

    What an interesting challenge! Kristin Lavransdatter has long been my favourite novel of any genre.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem +1

      on my substack (jeffrich.substack.com) I did a 'audiobook' reading of the first chapter of the most recent translation - check it out if you have not already done so.

  • @davidmatlock6410
    @davidmatlock6410 Před 5 dny +3

    Great idea, interesting presentation, just subscribed

  • @Svetlana5-lingua
    @Svetlana5-lingua Před 5 dny +1

    Thank you for the video)Very informative, pleasant to listen to.

  • @weavebrain
    @weavebrain Před 9 dny +4

    Very enjoyable. This run down triggered lots of memories for me. I had both GB Shaw’s Pygmalion and Saint Joan as set texts in high school in the 1970s. While concurrently covering the Weimar Republic in history class.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      It is so interesting to compare the treatment of the 1920s in British, American and German television - say Downton Abbey, Great Gatsby and Babylon Berlin!. Thanks for the comment

  • @nicholasadams1283
    @nicholasadams1283 Před 3 dny

    Fascinating to hear about the lesser known winners. Thank you very much.

  • @Kafkaesque786
    @Kafkaesque786 Před 8 dny +1

    Fantastic. Thank you

  • @boscodeoliveira5752
    @boscodeoliveira5752 Před 5 dny

    it greatly elucidates the human nature of writers and philosophers . Just subscribed to the channel. As for the Nobel winner who also won an Academy Award, I know Bob Dylan, who controversially won the the Nobel prize for Literature in 2016, had won an Academy Award for Best Original Song (Things have Changed) for the movie Wonder Boys,

  • @kazuyetsochev9816
    @kazuyetsochev9816 Před 8 dny +2

    This was a fantastic video! Thank you for sharing! I am looking forward to the next one and the answer to who is the 2nd nobel prize winner to also win an oscar.

  • @ryanand154
    @ryanand154 Před 5 dny +1

    I read about William Faulkner reading to his cousin while they read to their dying cousin at the behest of their mother.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      Great story. Faulkner is coming up on the series in 2 weeks I think!

  • @fredwelf8650
    @fredwelf8650 Před 5 dny

    Thanks!

  • @waynesmith3767
    @waynesmith3767 Před 4 dny +1

    Bob Dylan is the only other person than GBS to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize in Literature; quite a decline in both prizes.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      You got it! I tend to agree with you on the merits.... that episode of the series is going to be hot!

  • @AIainMConnachie
    @AIainMConnachie Před 4 dny +2

    Wonderful

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo Před 4 dny +1

    The Nobel has always been political, and your page and review proves as much.
    New sub!

  • @toinpituba6590
    @toinpituba6590 Před 9 dny +4

    Uma extraordinária maneira de falar da literatura, como sempre muito agradável. Uma invejável cultura! Acompanhando seus vídeos na medida do possível.
    Abraço fraterno do BraZil.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      Muito obrigado. Me conte seus escritores brasileiros favoritos

    • @toinpituba6590
      @toinpituba6590 Před 8 hodinami

      @@theburningarchive Dear Jeff, I am flattered by your interest, perhaps in the near future I will be able to participate more actively in your excellent interventions. My country's literature is extraordinary, rich, underestimated and unknown outside of it. Finding The Burning Archive was one of the best finds in recent times. I am a self-taught person, a voracious reader since early childhood. Despite being born in the interior of Brazil, I lived in Europe and Central America for more than 10 years. My area of ​​interest is my entire planet with everything that travels with it.
      I think it's a shame that the real pandemic is the cognitive dysfunction that leads even the most intelligent and capable to not look at others.
      Lucky for us we have some beacons like you to lessen the feeling of being alone.
      A fraternal hug from BraZil

  • @aurelius54
    @aurelius54 Před 7 dny +1

    Enjoyed this video- thanks. Could the Noble + Oscar winner be John Steinbeck?

  • @davedraycott5779
    @davedraycott5779 Před 2 dny

    In what way was the USA the ‘child’ of the Spanish Empire as it broke away from the British Empire?

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      Good question. I was being a bit cryptic but referring to Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's history of the USA, shaped by Spain as well as Britain You can watch my interview with Felipe here czcams.com/video/8zkd0Bax9Xo/video.html We discuss this issue but I can't recall timestamp

  • @andyiswonderful
    @andyiswonderful Před 2 dny

    I think the answer is Pearl S Buck.

    • @theburningarchive
      @theburningarchive  Před dnem

      I can see why you would think that, but it is a later winner. Peark Buck is coming up in next week's video though

  • @AndyBends
    @AndyBends Před 7 dny

    where is your link to Bergson?

  • @alexashwell4468
    @alexashwell4468 Před 8 dny +1

    Are you a Kiwi? Chur.