Cohen and the Academy
The movement to persuade the Nobel Prize for Literature committee to make Leonard Cohen the next recipient of the award seems to be gaining steam. John Mullan argues on the Guardian site that the quality and variety of Cohen’s work over the last 40 years makes him a perfect candidate for the award. The column also features some quotes from Paul Kennedy, the host of CBC Radio’s Ideas program who originally suggested the Cohen nomination. The problem for Cohen fans, as Mullan points out, is the “imperviousness to outside pressure of the secretive Swedish Academy committee that chooses the winner.”
Related links:
Read John Mullan’s column in the Guardian
Read about Paul Kennedy on the CBC site
