In Reply to: Arguably undeserved. Writers need this more than he does. posted by jusbe on October 13, 2016 at 17:06:30:
The Nobel committee needs to keep their prize relevant and recognized as significant by as many as possible, and giving it to a major celebrity from time to time helps them in that regard.
Also, the main purpose of such a prize should be recognizing achievement, not being one itself and not bringing recognition to the unjustly underappreciated in the field or giving cash to an author who needs it, though those are worthy secondary purposes, in my opinion.
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- I hear ya, but there's another side to that coin. - rbolaw 17:59:13 10/13/16 (0)