The Nobel Laureates in Literature is one of the five Nobel Prizes established in accordance with Nobel's will in 1895, and the Nobel Prize in Literature was first awarded in 1901.
By 2022, a total of 108 laureates have been produced, of which Europe and North America together have accounted for 90% of all winners, so the Nobel Prize can be said to be a white literary prize, not a world literary prize.
In the beginning, it was a decent literary award, and the winners were indeed good at literature.
For example, Sylma Lagerlöf of Sweden.
In 1909, he wrote "Niels Travels on a Goose", which is also the only fairy tale in the history of world literature to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Reason for the award: "Because of the noble idealism, rich imagination, and simple and beautiful style that are unique to her works".
Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
He shows us the perfect culture in the vastness, tranquility and holiness of the Indian forest.
Arthur William Russell of England in 1950.
Reason for the award: "In recognition of his diverse and significant works in defense of humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".
The Greek poet George Sepheris spoke at the award ceremony in 1963: "I come from a very small country, my country is a jutting peninsula in the rocky Mediterranean, where there is nothing to be proud of except the industrious people, the sea and the sun." ”
But gradually, when it comes to non-Western countries, especially socialist countries, the reasons for the winners are starting to change.
For example, in the Soviet Union, a total of five people won the Nobel Prize in Literature, namely Bunin, Pasternak, Sholokhov, Solzhenitsyn from 1933, to Joseph Brodsky in 1987. If it does not meet the so-called Western standards, even the world writer Tolstoy will not want to touch the prize.
Keltes Imre of Hungary.
Winner in 2002 for his "profound portrayal of the painful experiences of vulnerable individuals in the face of powerful brutal power".
In 2012, they found Mo Yan on the grounds that he used ridicule and irony to attack history and fallacy, as well as poverty and political hypocrisy. He skillfully exposes the darkest side of humanity ...
It's not better than not knowing, and it's more shameless than someone else.
The award-winning works in the West are all because of their expression: noble idealism, rich imagination, easy and beautiful style;
a wide variety of significant works that defend humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought;
There is nothing to be proud of except the industrious people, the splendor of the sea and the sun.
However, when you come to us, the award becomes because Mo Yan skillfully exposed the darkest side of mankind (China)!
It's a shame that for many years, Westerners have been **world: the function of literature is critical rather than singing praises, and the rush of love is only directed at us?
In the end, the West under Nobel literature is all birds and flowers, noble ideals, the Western system is the best, and the Western civilization is the most advanced civilization. And the East carries the dark filth of humanity.
Fortunately, the world is not ultimately determined by the Nobel Prize in Literature, at most in a dozen years, the East will return to its former glory, and this prize and that award will become a laughing stock, hahaha.