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Wisława Szymborska died. [30]
They are awarded subjectivly and in many cases the decisions were highly criticized...
The decisions are usually criticized by the one who were hoping to get it, but didn't :)
There is usually more critics though if a woman gets the award, than when a man gets it. And the good old parity discussion kicks in, for example that Szymborska got the award because she was a woman, and her being from Eastern Europe was a plus, Toni Morrison, because is a woman and black, etc...
Here is my favorite poem. I find it looses a lot in the English translation.
Cebula
Co innego cebula.
Ona nie ma wnętrzności.
Jest sobą na wskroś cebula,
do stopnia cebuliczności.
Cebulasta na zewnątrz,
cebulowa do rdzenia,
mogłaby wejrzeć w siebie
cebula bez przerażenia.
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