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Tim Parks wrote in 2011, the year Transtromer won it, the international pretension of the Nobel Prize is ridiculous. How well can the jurors know the work of the best poets in Yemen or Somalia or Uzbekistan? Is it reasonable to think that a Swedish panel of judges could be so well informed about world literature that their pick reflects the stated objective?
The choice of Gluck is a surprise, pleasing to some, but the concept of the Prize itself needs revamping. Maybe the jury should switch countries every year. That would be interesting.