[lit-ideas] Re: Fresh access to reality
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:25:21 -0700
On Oct 6, 2011, at 6:22 AM, cblists@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> One could be excused for thinking that the phrase 'fresh access to reality'
> in today's Telegraph would be found in discussion (as lately on this list) of
> recent findings in experimental physics.
>
> But no:
>
> "Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel literature prize. The
> academy said it awarded the 80-year-old poet 'because, through his condensed,
> translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.'"
Surely "fresh access to reality" refers to Norwegians voting to give someone
Swedish a prize?
David Ritchie,
Pyortland,
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