Nobel Prize in literature to Roger Waters

PFralst · Post by **PFralst** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:41 pm

Fellow floydian?s how about visiting http://www.svenskaakademien.se
and propose Roger Waters as winner of The Nobel Prize in literature!
I?ve done that, today!

Post by **mosespa** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:28 pm

Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

PublicImage · Post by **PublicImage** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:30 pm

mosespa wrote:Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

My thoughts exactly. How can you win a nobel prize in literature if you haven't ever written a book?

The Gunner's Dream · Post by **The Gunner's Dream** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:06 pm

Is lyricism not a form of literature?

Jack Dempsey · Post by **Jack Dempsey** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:17 pm

mosespa wrote:Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

Exactly

Slambient Expressway · Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:16 pm

The Gunner's Dream wrote:Is lyricism not a form of literature?

Yeah, I think Bob Dylan was nominated for that.

simpledumbpilot · Post by **simpledumbpilot** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:36 pm

PublicImage wrote:
mosespa wrote:Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?
My thoughts exactly. How can you win a nobel prize in literature if you haven't ever written a book?

Looks like the award will have to go to Nick Mason then

z-man · Post by **z-man** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:42 pm

Dario Fo got the prize in 1997, mainly because of his plays as far as I know. But he is an exception in the history of the Nobel literature prize winners. Roger a candidate? Don't think so. But you never know, in ten years they maybe start giving it to non-writing artists as a way of keeping the popularity up. And Roger will have the perfect prize-winning age!

Narek · Post by **Narek** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:36 am

He can just release all the lyrics he wrote into one big ass book of poetry.

J Ed · Post by **J Ed** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:27 pm

he's talked in the past about putting out a book of poetry or short stories
we know he writes them: thats where Leaving Beirut came from
he's probably got warehouses of unpublished writings
hopefully he will publish them one day,
I never believed he'd really put out that opera and yet he finally did

PFralst · Post by **PFralst** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:04 pm

mosespa wrote:Wouldn't he have to have written a book or two to qualify for that?

Not as far as I know.
Winston Churchill, politician got it in 1953.
Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher got in 1964.
Harold Pinter, dramatist got it in 2005.

So, I hope Roger Waters some day will be the winner!

tea-set · Post by **tea-set** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:17 pm

he keeps all his poems in a little black book

PFralst · Post by **PFralst** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:14 pm

tea-set wrote:he keeps all his poems in a little black book

That?s correct!

Since I was a young boy I?ve been reading lyric poems and I have to admitt that Roger Waters poetry are worldclass!

HeckTo · Post by **HeckTo** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:23 pm

I've heard rumours that Lemmy Kilminster is going to be nominated for nobel prize in year 2007... Is it true?

PublicImage · Post by **PublicImage** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:26 pm

HeckTo wrote:I've heard rumours that Lemmy Kilminster is going to be nominated for nobel prize in year 2007... Is it true?

Yes.